Equal Rights Denied By Hank Silverberg “Amendment 28 Section 1. 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 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” It’s a simple idea. Provide equality in the law for men and women in areas like divorce, property and employment. The Equal Rights Amendment was written by suffragette Alice Paul and originally introduced in Congress in 1923, just two years after women were granted the right to vote. It was reintroduced many times after that but it did not really gain any steam across America until the women’s movement was reborn in the 1960’s.The amendment was finally passed by Congress in 1972. By 1977, 35 states had ratified the E-R-A and it had broad support. But it stalled when conservative women claimed it would allow young women to be drafted and would damage women’s rights to