Forward Together, Backward Never
Ordinary Equality
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🗓️ 7 April 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Follow us on Twitter at @OrdEquality for everything you need to know about the ERA as we watch history in the making.
Special thanks to Equality Now, an international human rights organization that works to protect and promote the rights of women and girls around the world. To learn more about what you can do to support the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, check out www.equalitynow.org/era.
To dive deeper into some of the topics discussed in this episode, check out:
- With Virginia ratification, where does the Equal Rights Amendment go from here? (PBS * 2020)
- Notes from a Member of Generation Ratify (American University JGSPL * Emilia Couture * 2019)
- Why We Need the Equal Rights Amendment Right the F*ck Now (Cosmopolitan * Alyssa Milano * 2019)
- “Why the United States Constitution Needs An Equal Rights Amendment” (Kate Kelly, Teen Vogue, 2018)
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| 0:00.0 | Well, there's the symbolism and then there's the legal effect. |
| 0:07.0 | I think just the symbolism that finally we're closer to all meaning all, and that the Constitution protects women explicitly, finally, is important. |
| 0:20.0 | But then I think it's we tackle the laws that do discriminate |
| 0:25.9 | on the basis of sex and then start to get rid of them. That's going to take a lot of work. |
| 0:32.3 | But that's kind of exciting, making sure that everyone is at the table for that part of the conversation too. |
| 0:40.0 | Black and white, straight or queer, rich or poor, everybody needs to be a part of that conversation |
| 0:46.3 | because women are as diverse as any other group and we need to make sure we are addressing the needs of all. |
| 0:56.0 | You must remember that when the Constitution was written, |
| 1:04.0 | that women were regarded as property. |
| 1:10.0 | The struggle for an equal rights amendment traces back to 1923 when feminist Alice Paul |
| 1:15.6 | wrote the words that became ERA. |
| 1:17.6 | Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or bridged by the United States |
| 1:23.6 | or any state on account of sex. |
| 1:26.6 | So as we want today, remember, forward together, backward, never. |
| 1:32.3 | If you could change one thing about the Constitution, what would it be? |
| 1:36.3 | I would add an equal rights amendment. |
| 1:39.3 | Can you say that? |
| 1:41.3 | The Senate? |
| 1:42.3 | Do we want us? No! Today, the House of Representatives cleared a hurdle to make the Equal Rights Amendment, |
| 1:50.0 | the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. |
| 1:52.0 | The House voted to remove a deadline for states to ratify the amendment, which would guarantee |
| 1:56.0 | women the same legal rights as men. |
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