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#MakeVANext A woman celebrating Nevada’s passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and pledging that Virginia would do so next.	Alice Paul Alice Paul, the author of the original Equal Rights Amendment, in 1920.	Alice Paul and Suffrage Alice Paul while fighting for women's suffrage in 1915.
Anti-ERA Protestors Anti-Equal Rights Amendment protesters in front of the White House in 1977.	Carter Signing ERA President Jimmy Carter signing an extension of the Equal Rights Amendment Ratification in 1978.	Congressman Howard K. Smith Democratic Congressman Howard K. Smith of Virginia.
Congresswoman Martha Griffiths Congresswoman Martha Griffiths, a Democrat from Michigan, resurrected the Equal Rights Amendment.	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women A map depicting participation in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.	Detroit March A Detroit march in 1980 in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Don’t Tread On Me A flag made for First Lady Betty Ford’s limousine.	Dorothy Straus Dorothy Straus, a New York attorney, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1938 against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.	Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins in 1961 at the fiftieth anniversary of the Triangle Fire—a fire in a garment factory that took the lives of over one hundred women and launched a movement for workplace safety regulations.
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Women’s Trade Union League Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with members of The Women’s Trade Union League in New York in 1958.	Eleanor Smeal Quotation A sign from the 2017 Women’s March quoting Eleanor Smeal, a former president of the National Organization for Women.	Enjoli Perfume A 1978 advertisement for Enjoli perfume in Vogue.
Equal Means Equal Children at a Virginia rally supporting the Equal Rights Amendment in 2017.	ERA Apron An apron given to First Lady Betty Ford in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.	ERA Button A button supporting the Equal Rights Amendment and emphasizing that only three more states need to ratify it.
ERA Countdown A t-shirt worn by a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1980s now being worn by the supporter’s daughter.	ERA for Everyone A 1972 Equal Rights Amendment rally in Los Angeles, California.	ERA NOW A protester in San Francisco during the Women’s March in 2017 calling for the immediate ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
ERA Ratification Status A map of the states that had ratified the Equal Rights Amendment as of 2007.	ERA Supporters Pennsylvania supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1978.	ERA Text A button with the text of the Equal Rights Amendment.
ERA YES A rally in Washington, D.C. celebrating Representative Carolyn Maloney’s reintroducing of the Equal Rights Amendment in 2009.	ERA YES Equal Rights Amendment activists in Nevada ahead of that state’s 2017 ratification.	Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio A graph depicting the wage gap between men and women from 1980 to 2009 as a ratio of female to male earnings.
Feminism Definition A protestor’s sign at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. in 2017.	First Lady Betty Ford First Lady Betty Ford crossing her fingers and wearing a button in support of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in 1975.	Florence Kelley Florence Kelley, the head of the National Consumers League, in 1925.
Gloria Steinem Gloria Steinem at a news conference for the Women’s Action Alliance in 1972.	Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act With the bill’s namesake at his side, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009.	Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore portraying Mary Richards, a professional woman in 1977.
National Woman’s Party and Governor Al Smith National Woman’s Party delegates of New York lobbying Governor Al Smith for his support of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1924.	National Woman’s Party Envoys Envoys of the National Woman’s Party in Rapid City, South Dakota traveling to a meeting with President Calvin Coolidge to ask for his support of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1927.	National Woman’s Party with President Harding Fifty members of the National Woman’s Party meeting with President Warren G. Harding at the White House in 1921 to urge him to support the Equal Rights Amendment.
NWP Lobbying New England members of the National Woman’s Party lobbying in Washington, D.C. for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1924.	Pat Robertson Quotation A poster mocking evangelist Pat Robertson's quatation, which he wrote in 1992 in opposition to Iowa adding an Equal Rights Amendment to its state constitution.	Phyllis Schlafly Phyllis Schlafly with fellow opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment in front of the White House in 1977.
Phyllis Schlafly Phyllis Schlafly speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2011.	President Kennedy and the American Association of University Women President John F. Kennedy with members of the American Association of University Women as he signs the Equal Pay Act in 1963.	President’s Commission on the Status of Women President John F. Kennedy meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt and other prominent women as part of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in 1962.
State-level Provisions A map depicting the states that have adopted state resolutions akin to the Equal Rights Amendment.	STOP ERA Women opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment in Florida’s Senate chamber in 1979.	Sushi Rolls Not Gender Roles A protester’s sign mocks the notion of prescribed gender roles at a demonstration in Paris, France in solidarity with the 2017 Women’s March in the U.S.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.	The Civil Rights Act of 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.	Turn-of-the-century Laundry Conditions in commercial laundries at the turn of the century were difficult and dangerous.
Women’s March Demonstrators on the National Mall for the Women’s March in January 2017.	Women’s Place A protestor describing women’s place as being in government.

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