NPR: equal rights amendment https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=520967556 equal rights amendment en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:26:42 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: equal rights amendment https://www.npr.org/tags/520967556/equal-rights-amendment Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the national archivist, who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear. Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:01:39 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the national archivist, who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

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]]> Danielle Kurtzleben 50 years ago sex equality seemed destined for the Constitution. What happened? The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, paving the way for it to become the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was roaring along...until it wasn't. Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:25:05 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/03/22/1086978928/50-years-ago-sex-equality-seemed-destined-for-the-constitution-what-happened https://www.npr.org/2022/03/22/1086978928/50-years-ago-sex-equality-seemed-destined-for-the-constitution-what-happened

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, paving the way for it to become the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was roaring along...until it wasn't.

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]]> Elizabeth Blair For These Women, The Equal Rights Amendment Has Been A Decades-Long Battle Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia. Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:56:57 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796645936/for-these-women-the-equal-rights-amendment-has-been-a-decades-long-battle https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796645936/for-these-women-the-equal-rights-amendment-has-been-a-decades-long-battle

Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia.

]]> Sarah McCammon One More To Go: Illinois Ratifies Equal Rights Amendment The passage comes 36 years after the ratification deadline set by Congress. Some say the votes are merely symbolic — but the ERA's backers disagree. Thu, 31 May 2018 14:58:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/31/615832255/one-more-to-go-illinois-ratifies-equal-rights-amendment https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/31/615832255/one-more-to-go-illinois-ratifies-equal-rights-amendment The passage comes 36 years after the ratification deadline set by Congress. Some say the votes are merely symbolic — but the ERA's backers disagree.

]]> Bill Chappell The Zombie Amendments To The Constitution You've Probably Never Heard Of They won't eat your brains, but technically, they still could come back to life. Not all the amendments that passed Congress have stood the test of ratification by the states. Sat, 10 Mar 2018 05:00:05 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2018/03/10/591758259/the-zombie-amendments-to-the-constitution-youve-probably-never-heard-of https://www.npr.org/2018/03/10/591758259/the-zombie-amendments-to-the-constitution-youve-probably-never-heard-of They won't eat your brains, but technically, they still could come back to life. Not all the amendments that passed Congress have stood the test of ratification by the states.

]]> Ron Elving Nevada Ratifies The Equal Rights Amendment ... 35 Years After The Deadline With a final vote Wednesday, Nevada approved the ERA, long after Congress' 1982 deadline for ratification. But the state has given the amendment's supporters new reason to hope. Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:34:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/21/520962541/nevada-on-cusp-of-ratifying-equal-rights-amendment-35-years-after-deadline https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/21/520962541/nevada-on-cusp-of-ratifying-equal-rights-amendment-35-years-after-deadline With a final vote Wednesday, Nevada approved the ERA, long after Congress' 1982 deadline for ratification. But the state has given the amendment's supporters new reason to hope.

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