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35 out of 38 states passed this amendment, but opposition led by Phyllis Schlafly then defeated it.<ref>Testimony in 2007 by Phyllis Schlafly against the Equal Rights Amendment is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iEL54jY9Q here].</ref> Congress then extended the deadline to 1982 in legislation that a court later invalidated, but no more states passed the amendment in the additional three years anyway. Several states rescinded their prior passage of the amendment.
35 out of 38 states passed this amendment, but opposition led by Phyllis Schlafly then defeated it.<ref>Testimony in 2007 by Phyllis Schlafly against the Equal Rights Amendment is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iEL54jY9Q here].</ref> Congress then extended the deadline to 1982 in legislation that a court later invalidated, but no more states passed the amendment in the additional three years anyway. Several states rescinded their prior passage of the amendment.
==History==
In 1923 AD, three years after women won the right to vote, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first introduced in Congress by Senator Curtis and Representative Anthony, both Republicans. It is reintroduced in every session of Congress for 49 consecutive years.<ref>http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2003/ms003077.pdf</ref>
It is authored by Alice Paul, head of the National Women's Party, who led the suffrage campaign. Congressman Anthony is the nephew of suffragist Susan B. Anthony.<ref>http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/history.html#1923</ref>
The original version of the ERA stated that '''"Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction."'''
Inclusion of support for the ERA in the 1940 Republican Platform gave it legitimacy.<ref> http://www.jofreeman.com/lawandpolicy/eraname.htm</ref>
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