What exactly is the ERA?

Question

I think it's the Equal Representation Act (correct me if im wrong). Is it still needed today? How have women done without it in fields such as medicine, education, military,etc.

Answer 1

you are right its the equal rights amendment to our constution and yes we do still need it. just look ate the minum wage and how long its been since it was adjusted. if the era is cancelled do you think women will get a fair deal in the working enviorment??i don't think so myself.

Answer 2

I served in the military and have had the female teachers of my children telling me I don't understand sexual harrassment and women's right issues. Those women have it a lot easier today because of the women that forged they way . Thye need to learn from history and grow.....

Equal Rights Amendment
ERA's current legal statusThe deadline for ratification of the ERA—whether that deadline was March 22, 1979, or June 30, 1982—has come and gone and most observers are of the opinion that the ERA is no longer pending before America's state lawmakers for consideration. During the 1990s, however, some law students maintained that if the legislatures of just three more states ratify it, the ERA could become part of the Constitution. An article[1] written by three students and published in the William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law in 1997 provides the constitutional rationale for the "3-state strategy" and the Library of Congress has issued a report suggesting that this theory is at least worthy of serious consideration. Polls show that a majority of Americans continue to support the ERA[citation needed], and efforts to introduce ERA ratification resolutions—in the legislatures of those fifteen states which never ratified the measure—have increased in recent years. At the Federal level, supporters of the ERA have re-introduced the amendment in Congress[2] every term since 1982 without success. Regardless, the national debate on the ERA has largely subsided, in part because of expanded interpretations of existing statutes and constitutional provisions.

Answer 3

You are thinking of the Equal Rights Amendment

I was thinking Earned Run Average.

Play Ball!

Answer 4

Equal Rights Amendment- was proposed in the early 80s, but was shot down by the far right.

Answer 5

Earned Run Average.

Answer 6

google it