when was the equal rights amendment passed by congress
Equal Rights Amendment Griffiths reintroduced the ERA, and achieved success on Capitol Hill with her House Joint Resolution No. 208, which was adopted by the House on October 12, 1971, with a vote of 354 yeas (For), 24 nays (Against) and 51 not voting.[37] Griffiths' joint resolution was then adopted by the Senate—without change—on March 22, 1972, by a vote of 84 yeas, 8 nays and 7 not voting.[38] The Senate version, drafted by Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana,[39] passed after the defeat of an amendment proposed by Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina that would have exempted women from the draft.[27] President Richard Nixon immediately endorsed the ERA's approval upon its passage by the 92nd Congress.[27]
Equal Protection Clause The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".
Elementary and Secondary Education Act President Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law two days later on April 9, 1965.[4]
United States Congress The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.