Alice Paul rewrote the ERA in 1943 to what is now called the Alice Paul Amendment, reflecting the 15th and the 19th Amendments: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex..ike the 19th Amendment before it, the ERA barreled out of Congress, getting 22 of the necessary 38 state ratifications in the first year. But the pace slowed as opposition began to organize â only eight ratifications in 1973, three in 1974, one in 1975, and none in 1976.
The World at War. The World at War is a 26 episode series about World War II, produced by ITV in 1973-1974. The episodes were narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier.
The war was brought to an end in 1945 with the Allies victorious. The war started in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, invaded Poland. The United Kingdom and France responded by declaring war on Germany two days later.