Organizing for the U.S. Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment was first written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and introduced to the U.S. Congress in 1923. If ratified, the ERA would guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. In this video, Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard Kennedy School, gives a brief overview of the history of the ERA and where it stands today.
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- Kretschmer, K., & Mansbridge, J. (2017). The Equal Rights Amendment Campaign and Its Opponents. In The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movements (eds. Holly J. McCammon, Verta Taylor, Jo Reger, & Rachel L. Einwohner).
- Mansbridge, J. (1986). Why We Lost the ERA. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
- Mansbridge, J. & Smith, B. (2000, March 13). How Did Feminism Get to Be "All White"? A Conversation between Jane Mansbridge and Barbara Smith. American Prospect, 11(9), 32-38.
- United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996) (Supreme Court of the United States June 26, 1996). Retrieved from https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/518/515/.
- Harvard Kennedy School (Host). (2018, March 21). New life for the Equal Rights Amendment [Audio Podcast].
- Women and Public Policy Program (Host). (2019, April 29). Organizing for the US Equal Rights Amendment: Strategic Strengths and Failures [Audio Podcast].
- Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School (Producer). (2018, March 5). ERA NOW: A New Strategy to Move Equal Rights Forward [Video file].