The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, and was first introduced in Congress in December 1923. There’s still nothing in our constitution that explicitly prohibits sex discrimination. Gains in women’s rights — the right to own property, the right to work, the right to an education, the right to participate in sports — have been made through policies and legislation, which can be repealed. Women’s only explicitly stated right in the Constitution is the right to vote.
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