Proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment for women [ . . . ]

Proposed 27th Amendment (ERA)

Section I. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Section II. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Section III. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.



Use the excerpt to answer the question.

What was the primary goal of the ERA?

Responses

to grant women more enumerated rights than men
to grant women more enumerated rights than men

to provide women with opportunities to work outside the home
to provide women with opportunities to work outside the home

to make women's votes count as much as men's
to make women's votes count as much as men's

to establish women as equal citizens under the law

to establish women as equal citizens under the law