The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first ...
Charles Curtis, a Kansas Republican. Paul's original amendment text stated: “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
Here are some key dates in the history of the effort to enact the Equal Rights Amendment: The first draft of the ERA, written by Paul, is introduced in Congress by Sen. Charles Curtis, a Kansas ...