Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the…

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

— Alice Paul

Since the women are the ones who bear the babies, and there's nothing we can do about that, our laws and customs then make…

— Phyllis Schlafly

I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.

— Betty Ford

My greatest disappointment in all the projects I worked on during the White House years was the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment to…

— Rosalynn Carter

Those stories weren't being written at all - stories about women's inner lives and outer activism. We've come miles and miles, but we still…

— Marisa Tomei

I'll do anything to pass the ERA [Equal Rights Amendment], even if it means wearing babydoll nightgowns and padded bras, if that will make…

— Joan Hackett

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of…

— Patricia Ireland

I think in a society where you can't even pass the Equal Rights Amendment, it's very difficult to women make a progress. Incidentally, we…

— Carolyn Maloney

Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal rights under…

— Jane Fonda

“The women's liberation movement of today in America, in its most oceanic sense, is a wish by women to be liked for something other…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very right-wing Democrats,…

— Gloria Steinem

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as…

— Sonia Johnson

“...A vision from a universe where the Equal Rights Amendment--with its redefinition of personhood--is rejected by the house of deputies: A universe where to…

— Charles Stross

We have not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Among Women. I think 194 countries have signed onto it,…

— Carolyn Maloney

“True republicanism requires that every man shall have an equal chance- that every man shall be free to become as unequal as he can”

— Anonymous