jan 1, 1972 - Equal Right Amendment
(ERA) passed
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would mean that women would be treated as totally equal and identical to men under the US Constitution
It had been presented to Congress repeatedly since 1923, but was finally passed in 1972
Schlafly founded a new organisation ‘Stop ERA’, to prevent the ERA being ratified by the states
She campaigned tirelessly all over the country, highlighting her objections, such as the prospect that women would have to serve in the military and that they might lose the right to financial support from their husbands or ex-husbands
Above all, Schlafly felt the ERA would weaken the importance of the family
Her campaigned delayed ratification of the ERA until the time limit was reached in 1982, where only 35 of the 38 states needed to ratify it had done so
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