The Equal Rights Amendment: An Ongoing Struggle – Women’s Rights in the
United States Series | Academy 4 Social Change
Equal Rights Amendment: Worksheet
1. What is the Equal Rights Amendment, and what is its purpose?
2. What is the only right granted to women by federal law?
3. For how many years was the ERA introduced to every session of Congress before it
was passed?
4. When did the ERA finally achieve ratification in 38 states?
5. Why is there no legal protection from discrimination based on sex?
The Equal Rights Amendment: An Ongoing Struggle – Women’s Rights in the
United States Series | Academy 4 Social Change
6. Why is the Equal Rights Amendment an important and necessary amendment?
7. What does it mean to you to feel protected under the law? How does legal
protection relate to feelings of personal safety?
