During the twentieth century, there were several groups of Americans claiming rights as citizens. Women were one of the groups involved in this battle for rights. In fact, women fought a long fight to obtain their rights, even if it were unsuccessful and troublesome. Another group who struggled to gain their rights were disabled people. Although various people assumed disabled people were incompetent and unaware, they were actually the opposite. As a matter of fact, the disability rights movement has a profoundly long history. In the end, it took decades for these two groups to ultimately gain equal rights. During the 1960s and 70s, the Equal Rights Amendment was tremendously well-known and held many controversies, however, in the 1980s, it