Attorney General Dave Yost accepted the title and summary for a proposed citizen-led ballot initiative on Thursday that would ...

But the Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923 by suffragists Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, was never ratified. You can in part thank Phyllis Schlafly , who's portrayed by Cate Blanchett ...

The Equal Rights Amendment was written by Alice Paul (1885-1977), the founder of the National Woman’s Party.

A group that wants to put an Equal Rights Amendment on the ballot next year has filed petition signatures to put the process ...

Ohio AG certifies summary for proposed "Ohio Equal Rights Amendment" to potentially amend the state's constitution.

The Equal Rights Amendment is more than words on a page—it is a commitment to equal pay for equal work, protections against gender-based violence, and the dignity and opportunity that every ...

Understanding the state of the Equal Rights Amendment depends on who you ask. Backers of the ERA say it went into effect as of January 27, having met all the constitutional requirements, and ...

Fourth, Equal Rights Amendment activists like to point out that the 27th Amendment, the most recent addition to the Constitution, was proposed in 1789 but not finally ratified until May 1992.

This week Illinois lawmakers approved the Equal Rights Amendment, a long-proposed addition to the United States Constitution that would ensure equal rights to all Americans regardless of sex. You ...

Nearly half a century after the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress, the proposal to enshrine equality for women in the U.S. Constitution has gained new momentum. The timing is ...

Congress should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Our Constitution is one of the most difficult in the world to amend. The last truly significant amendment — the 26th, which lowered the voting ...

Women's rights activist Alice Paul pushed an Equal Rights Amendment in the early 1920s, and it was first introduced in Congress in 1923. However, getting the ERA further took a while.