Explaining a seemingly bizarre declaration from the outgoing president.

Activist Alice Paul pushed for the Equal Rights Amendment after the 19th Amendment ... helped push it toward passage. Finally, in 1972, the ERA passed both chambers of Congress.

The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in 1972. (Scripps News) ...

Sensible Americans consider the Equal Rights Amendment a long-dead relic, but its supporters, incredibly, are still trying to revive it. Congress proposed the ERA in March 1972, and it expired ...

Congress overwhelmingly passed the Equal Rights Amendment, which would enshrine gender equality into the Constitution, way back in 1972. But the requisite 38 states did not ratify the amendment ...

Q: Did former President Joe Biden issue a statement saying that he thought the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s symbolic declaration on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the ... to the states for ratification in 1972, and Congress set a deadline ...

President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits ... Congress approved the ERA in 1972. The congressional approval came with a seven-year deadline for states to sign ...

The Equal Rights Amendment, passed by Congress in 1972, prohibits federal and state governments from denying rights on the basis of sex. The Constitution requires that amendments take effect when ...

Since its initial passage in 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment fell three states short of meeting the required approval by 75% (38) of the states within seven years. After the seven-year deadline ...

The Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in 1972. Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2000, although years ...

"I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years ... Lawmakers had set a seven-year deadline in 1972 for state ratification, though later extended it by an additional three ...