To be classified in the class Arachnida, an arthropod must have the following characteristics. Arachnid bodies are usually divided into two distinct regions, the cephalothorax (anterior) and the abdomen (posterior). Adult arachnids have four pairs of legs, which attach to the cephalothorax. In immature stages, the arachnid may not have four pairs of legs (such as in mites).
The ERA in the States. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification by both houses of their state legislatures. A proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution when approved by three-fourths (38) of the 50 states. During the next five years, 35 states approved the amendment.
Equal Rights Amendment. The Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution was first proposed in the United States Congress in December 1923. It was promoted by Alice Paul and National Women's party, but opposed by many of their colleagues who had worked to pass the Nineteenth Amendment (women's suffrage) in 1920.y then the Legacy of the 1960s revolution in civil rights seemed to assure the amendment's passage. Indeed, twenty-two states ratified it that first year. Most of these were states which had already resolved in favor of women's rights by enacting equal protective labor legislation for men and women.