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Phyllis Schlafly and the End of the Equal Rights Amendment

Phyllis Schlafly and the End of the Equal Rights Amendment

04/19/2022 in DC by Henry Kokkeler

As the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment lapsed in June 1982, the amendment's foes celebrated its demise while its proponents looked to the future to continue the struggle.

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