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The Real Woman Behind Mrs. America: Phyllis Schlafly And The Equal Rights Amendment

Virginia became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) after both its Senate and House of Delegates voted in favor of it. This is news we should pay attention to because the question is “will our Constitution now include a new 28th Amendment?”

By S.G. Cheah3 min read
Activist Phyllis Schafly wearing a Stop ERA badge/Warren K. Leffler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Warren K. Leffler/Public Domain

In the creation of America, our Founding Fathers wanted to make sure that the country would never fall into tyranny. The American Constitution was thus enacted as a way to establish a society where governmental powers are severely limited by the restrictions laid out in the Constitution. A Constitutional Amendment allows for modification to be made to the Constitution.