Pro-ERA Button, 1972-1982
Pro-ERA Button, 1972-1982
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- Description
- Button worn by supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
- In 1972 the Equal Rights Amendment, designed to guarantee protection against sexual discrimination for women under the law, passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the individual states for ratification. Groups on both sides of the issue mobilized to lobby the states for and against passage.
- The ERA failed to meet the requisite number of state ratifications (38) by Congress’ deadline of June 30, 1982 and so was not adopted as a Constitutional amendment. It has been reintroduced several times
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0708.03
- catalog number
- 1988.0708.03
- accession number
- 1988.0708
- Credit Line
- Edith P. Mayo
- subject
- Women's Suffrage
- Women's Rights
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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