Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Key Dates

“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

1776 – Abigail Adams wrote her husband “remember the ladies”

1848 – First Woman’s Rights Convention

1923 – ERA first introduced into Congress

1940 – Republican party included ERA in platform

1944 – Democratic party included ERA in platform

1972 – ERA passes Congress and moves to states for ratification

1977 – 35 of the needed 38 states had ratified the ERA

1978 – Deadline for ratification extended from 1979 to 1982

1982 – Still only 35 states ratified the ERA

2018 – The Equal Rights Amendment is not yet part of U.S. Constitution