Category: Equal Rights Amendment

Human rights are principles that acknowledge all human beings to live with equality, dignity, freedom, peace, and justice. Every person has these privileges clearly because they are human. They are secured to everyone without discrimination of any kind, such as color, race, dialect, gender, political opinion, creed, national or social origin, birth, property, or other…

7 a.m. on a Saturday morning is not usually the time you think of for a meeting, but when you have a political deadline, every hour counts. The Leesburg County Pavillion is buzzing with energy supplied by cup after cup of watery black coffee and pure adrenaline. From teens to seniors, activists from all over…

The Second Reconstruction period marked a vital reawakening of civil rights movements, which advocated for liberty for all Americans. Under this law, Equal Rights Amendments (ERA) became an integral requirement by stipulating that: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account…

Equal Rights Amendment For new female voters or future female voters, it is important to understand how voting rights and equal rights for women have progressed. At the age of 27, In 1912 [Alice Paul] promptly joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association (Baron, 1995). Suffrage means the right to vote; therefore, the NAWSA was…

The right of women to gain equality in the United States has been a rather tumultuous journey. They have had to overcome many obstacles on their road to impartiality – sometimes even among themselves. During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the United States was undergoing a number of momentous changes within its borders. Changes…