The Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	7.74

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		re-introduced, controversy, controversial, equality, ratify, deadline, based, restrooms, underway, separate, alabama, tactic, simple, guarantee, fact, enforce
	content words:		Alice Paul, United States, Equal Rights Amendment, Rights Amendment, North Carolina, South Carolina, Madison Amendment

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The Equal Rights Amendment
By Sharon Fabian

¹     The 28th Amendment to the Constitution was first suggested in 1923. It would say that both men and women have equal rights under the Constitution. Alice Paul later wrote the words to the Amendment as it is today. The main part of the amendment is only one sentence long. It says: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state because of sex." The second part says that Congress will enforce the amendment. The last part says that the amendment will take effect two years after it is ratified.

²
Here is a question:
When was the Equal Rights Amendment ratified?
a) 1923
b) 1924
c) 1965
d) 2004
ANSWER: None of the above!

³     The Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified yet, even though 96% of Americans believe in equal rights for men and women. In fact, the idea of equal rights is so much a part of our country's ideals that 72% of Americans think that the Amendment already has been passed!

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