The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into…

Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

— Alice Paul

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

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

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

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

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