Activists Seek to Resuscitate 1972 Equal Rights Amendment

A coalition of feminist and transgender groups is turning to Congress to breathe new life into the twice-dead Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
First introduced in 1972, the ill-fated amendment failed to be ratified by the constitutionally required 38 states within the seven years Congress allotted for the process.
It fell short again even after Congress, by a simple majority vote, extended the time limit by another three years.
Over the first seven years, 35 states ratified the amendment but five of them rescinded their ratification before the deadline expired.
Forty years elapsed between the time Indiana ratified the ERA in 1977 and another state did the same….}