CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 9 July 1978, around 100,000 people march through Washington DC, USA, ...

#OnThisDay, 9 July 1978, around 100,000 people march through Washington DC, USA, demanding an extension on the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

First proposed in the 1920s, the ERA would guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.

The ERA remains in legislative limbo.

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