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RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S COPIES OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT EXTENSION HEARINGS. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary / House of Representatives ... Extending the Ratification Period for the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment.... Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978.
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Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary / House of Representatives ... Extending the Ratification Period for the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment.... Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978.
8vo. Original printed ecru wrappers.
WITH: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary / United States Senate ... Joint Resolution Extending the Deadline for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.... Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979.
8vo. Original printed olive wrappers. Light shelfwear, mild spotting to House report, spine faded to Senate report.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. Originally written in the 1920s, a version was passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a deadline of March 22, 1979. Through 1977 the amendment received 35 of the necessary 38 ratifications and was supported by both Republicans and Democrats. It seems destined to pass until Phyllis Schlafly mobilized conservative women in opposition, arguing that the ERA would harm housewives, cause women to be drafted into the military, and do away with protections for women like alimony and child custody. As the 1979 deadline approached, Congress held hearings at which Ginsburg and other experts testified, and approved a 3 year extension of the ratification progress. No additional state, however, ratified the amendment in the extended time period.
Ginsburg testified before both the House and Senate Subcommittees on Civil and Constitutional Rights. Her testimony appears on pp 125-157 of the House report, and in her copy she has corrected small transcription errors in her testimony. Her testimony before the Senate subcommittee the following year appears on pp 262-286 of that document.
8vo. Original printed ecru wrappers.
WITH: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary / United States Senate ... Joint Resolution Extending the Deadline for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.... Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979.
8vo. Original printed olive wrappers. Light shelfwear, mild spotting to House report, spine faded to Senate report.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. Originally written in the 1920s, a version was passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a deadline of March 22, 1979. Through 1977 the amendment received 35 of the necessary 38 ratifications and was supported by both Republicans and Democrats. It seems destined to pass until Phyllis Schlafly mobilized conservative women in opposition, arguing that the ERA would harm housewives, cause women to be drafted into the military, and do away with protections for women like alimony and child custody. As the 1979 deadline approached, Congress held hearings at which Ginsburg and other experts testified, and approved a 3 year extension of the ratification progress. No additional state, however, ratified the amendment in the extended time period.
Ginsburg testified before both the House and Senate Subcommittees on Civil and Constitutional Rights. Her testimony appears on pp 125-157 of the House report, and in her copy she has corrected small transcription errors in her testimony. Her testimony before the Senate subcommittee the following year appears on pp 262-286 of that document.
