Women's+Movement+Alycia+Solarek

=Equals Rights Amendment: =  The Equal Rights Amendment was proposed in 1923. The Equal Rights Amendment was written by Alice Paul a suffragist leader and the founder of the National Woman’s Party. The amendment was introduced to Congress by Senator Curtis and by Representative Anthony, both Republicans. Though the amendment went through many houses, it was finally accepted by the House of Representatives on March 22, 1972. The amendment was given a time limit of only seven years for thirty eight states to ratify it. NOW and other feminist activist groups supported the bill. During the seven years Alice Paul died at the age of 92 on July 9th 1977. Then in October Representative Elizabeth Holtzman creates a bill asking for an extension on ERA deadline. The next year in August, after lobbying, the House of Representatives approves the extension for Amendment. Then on October 6th the U.S Senate joins and approves the extension to June 30, 1982. The three sections of the bill were: Section one stated Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex. Section two stated The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section three stated this amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification . When the deadline neared the Amendment had only 35 states of the 38 so they fell just a few states short, and the amendment was not passed. And to this day the amendment it is still not apart of the Constitution.

=Roe v Wade = Roe V. Wade is a historic Supreme Court case that overturned a Texas law about abortion. Roe wasn’t the actual woman’s name it was Norma McCorvey who was a Texas resident who was only 21 and pregnant, and Wade was the DA of Dallas County, Texas. The Roe V. Wade decision said that a woman with her doctor could choose abortion in early months of pregnancy without restrictions, and with restrictions later on in the pregnancy based on the right to privacy. The date of the decision was January 22, 1973. It was seven votes for Roe and two votes against her. Roe had won and abortion became legal. This case was arguably one of the most controversial cases in the twentieth century.

 National Organization for Women = =  NOW, or the National Organization for Women, was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington D.C by 28 men and women. The founders included: Gene Boyer, Kathryn Clarenbach, Inez Casiano, Mary Eastwood, Catherine East, Elizabeth Farians, Muriel Fox, Betty Friedan, Sonia Pressman Fuentes, Richard Graham Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Aileen Hernandez, Phineas Indritz, Pauli Murray, Marguerite Rawalt, Sister Mary Joel Read, and Alice Rossi. Betty Friedan was elected the first president of NOW and served in the office for three years. The National Organization for Women, which works to secure political, professional, and educational equality for women. NOW is still trying to work out the ERA and trying to make it fit into the constitution. [|Click for the NOW Statement of Purpose]



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