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The '''Equal Rights Amendment''' ('''ERA''') was the informal name of a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution | United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification within a deadline of seven years.  It nearly passed but a conservative grass-rrots movement rose up and stopped it.  It never became law, primarily because it would have drafted women into the Army if men get drafted, and few women wanted that.

The '''Equal Rights Amendment''' ('''ERA''') was the informal name of a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution | United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification within a deadline of seven years.  It nearly passed but a conservative grass-roots movement rose up and stopped it.  It never became law, primarily because it would have drafted women into the Army if men get drafted, and few women wanted that.

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The amendment, which was untitled, stated:

The amendment, which was untitled, stated: