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- 1. a proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex.
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Proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States of America
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would, if added, explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and introduced in Congress in December 1923 as a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. The purpose of the ERA is to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. Wikipedia