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“Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born,” (Lee 92-93). In this quote from To Kill A Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra is telling Scout that she must grow up and act like a proper lady. She believes that girls are supposed to play with tea sets and jewelry and not wear overalls, and she believes that women are supposed to be sophisticated and proper, and not do things men do. The ideas have been ingrained in her because it is the built-in misogyny that many people were raised around. It was always believed that women did not deserve the rights that men do and that they did not deserve to work or make …show more content…

According to ‘New Life in the ERA’, a 2016 poll shows that, “94 percent of Americans support an amendment that specifically guarantees equal rights to men and women. In fact, 80 percent of Americans mistakenly believe the Constitution already does so,” (Smith 7). Even though there is so much support for an amendment like the ERA, the ERA itself has not passed. There are only two amendments in the Constitution that address women and equal rights. The first amendment is the 19th Amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote. The second amendment is the 14th amendment, which guarantees citizens equal rights under the law, but it does not specifically mention women. If the ERA is put in place, then women will finally have an amendment in the Constitution that specifically guarantees equal rights under the …show more content…

In many states, however, sex and gender are excluded’, [...] ‘State laws that exclude sex and gender will be unconstitutional under the ERA,’” (Rodia, 18). Even though some states protect equal rights for all sexes and genders, other states do not. This proves that the US needs an amendment in the Constitution so that these equal rights will and have to be protected by all states. Another issue is that these rights are not permanent. States have the freedom to vote and change their laws, meaning that even if a state has equal rights, it could go away at any moment. These things mean that when fighting cases in local, state, federal, and Supreme courts, lawyers can find loopholes against their state laws when arguing about equality for all sexes and genders. Having this amendment in the Constitution would prevent all of this. No one would have to worry about their equal rights being taken away or not being

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One of the most essential clauses to America today is written in the fourteenth amendment, the Equal Protection Clause. Cornell University defines the Equal Protection Clause as a clause that “…prohibits states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The idea of the clause is not meant “to provide "equality" among individuals or classes but only "equal application" of the laws” (Equal

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In 1923, the ERA written by Alice, was introduced into Congress. The Amendment declared “equal rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any State on account of sex” (“Woman Suffrage”, 2014, para 1). The Amendment was introduced into every Congress through 1972, where it finally passed but failed ratification in 1982. Only 35 states ratified the Amendment by the 1982 deadline. After the failure, the Amendment was again presented to Congress every year, but still fails to get passed.

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These women also thought that they had plenty of a say because of this. The ERA fought for the 27th Amendment. Equality of rights can not be denied by the account of sex and is to be enforced by congress. The proposed Amendment is shown in Document 1.

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This is where the ERA ultimately failed. She discusses how the leaders of the movement worked through congress and got the required two-thirds majority, but failed in the states because they did not recognize the power of their opposition as well as the fact that they only needed thirteen states to reject their amendment for it to be shot down. Ultimately, Berry contends that the bill is essential, but more education needs to be carried out in order to change the rationale that equal rights for women will threaten traditional gender roles and family

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On July 9th, 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in order to secure the previously infringed on rights of formerly enslaved African Americans. This racially charged amendment was intended to guarantee the protection for these former slaves, yet this amendment was distorted in order to justify and deny rights for women, gay couples, men, and various other minority groups. Through examining specific cases such as, Muller v. Oregon and Bradwell v. Illinois, it becomes evident that this amendment has been used both positively and negatively to effect women’s rights and protection under the law. Especially in regarding the 19th century, the Fourteenth Amendment was used to rationalize sexist actions by employers, states, and other officials.

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Dakota Hitchcock HIS 200: Applied History Southern New Hampshire University March 5th, 2023 The ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment is a significant historical event due to its battle to end legal and social discrimination against women. During the time period, women did not have the same privileges as men regarding employment, divorce rights, property rights, and the many social privileges men had. This amendment was drafted by suffragist Alice Paul in 1923 and was fought for by women and supporters across America shortly after women gained the right to vote after the 19th Amendment was passed on August 20th, 1920. Despite ERA fighting for equality by being a “proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed

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As of the beginning of the revolution, traditional responsibilities still existed among the colonists. Women typically worked around the household, performing duties of the sort while men were traditionally the ones with more privileges, such as having the right to associate in politics. However, one brave advocate, Abigail Adams, wanted to prove otherwise when she wrote to her husband, John Adams, on March 31, 1776, asking him to “remember the ladies” (Document M). In Abigail Adam’s letter, Abigail also asks of her husband to be “more generous and favourable” to the women than his ancestors had (Document M). Abigail also warned that “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation” (Document M).

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There were many things that impacted this amendment to form, for example the women’s suffrage. Which then the women formed their goal of being able to vote. This made Americans treat women equally. That women were

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In today’s world, it seems to be that women have the same rights as men, but it wasn't always this way. The speech “Women’s Rights to Suffrage” by Susan B Anthony is the most compelling of all. Susan B Anthony persuades the audience that all women should have the same rights as men. It’s shown through the speech that the federal constitution says “we the people”, the government has no right to take away rights from just one gender, and that women are considered people as well. The fact that the constitution says “we the people” is a primary point in this speech.

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ERA or Equal Rights Amendment was proposed by Alice Paul to help further women's right in the United States. “The amendment proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions 'on account of sex'”.(Foner, 766) The amendment sought to eliminate the difference in how women were able to work and be educated. This caused problems as the different women's organizations had different opinions on women's freedom meant. There was fear that the amendment would cause women to lose some rights.

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“Equality of Rights under the law shall not be abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” This is Section one of the ERA (or Equal Rights Amendment) that was introduced in 1923. Forty-nine years later, in 1972 it was passed by Congress, where it then became ratified by 35 states. The minimum number of states needed to incorporate the ERA in the Constitution is 38. This means that the remaining 15 states, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia kept the ERA from being ratified in the Constitution.

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Laws are now in place to protect everyone, despite their gender preference. No matter what one believes about the previous statements, the idea of equality is necessary to a democracy and has worked, though many have waded through rough waters, for the United

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The author’s purpose and point of view are stated clearly by an international bill of rights for women that the rest of the United Nation has ratified except for 7 countries including the United States. She uses pathos to tell the readers that the United States does not have the same rights for women as other countries to show an emotional response about how the U.S. does not find these rights equal to everyone. There is many constitutions around the world including the U.S. Constitution but 32 of the constitutions around the world do not have a gender equality guarantee, which the author shows when she writes, “The Equal Rights Amendment, meant to give women in America the sort of explicit protections now offered in constitutions across the globe, was introduced to Congress in 1923. Both the houses of Congress passed it in 1972. It them went to state legislatures, requiring the ratification of 38 states.

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Wood (2010) put forward that both the Democratic and the Republican parties supported the Equal Rights Amendment. However, it was only by the 1960s that the “Alice Paul Amendment” was taken seriously (Wood, 2010). The “Alice Paul Amendment” read that “the equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” (Wood, 2010). After the Second World War, women had to make room for the returning servicemen (Striking Women, n.d).

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We all know that women didn 't have as many rights as men, and they still don 't. Women can now do more than they used to, but they still aren 't equal with men. They have had to fight for so many things like the right to vote and to be equal to men. The 19th amendment, the one that gave women the right to vote, brought us a big step closer. The Equal Rights Movement also gave us the chance to have as many rights as men. Women have always stayed home, cleaned the house, and didn 't even get an education.

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