What is the ERA?
The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex; it seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters.
Source: www.equalrightsamendment.org
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What is the history of the ERA?
Source: www.equalrightsamendment.org/resources

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What does the proposed amendment state?
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex"

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Who is the author of the ERA?

"Alice Paul was the architect of some of the most outstanding political achievements on behalf of women in the 20th century. Born on January 11, 1885 to Quaker parents in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, Alice Paul dedicated her life to the single cause of securing equal rights for all women...Her life symbolizes the long struggle for justice in the United States and around the world. Her vision was the ordinary notion that women and men should be equal partners in society"
Source: https://www.alicepaul.org/who-was-alice-paul/