..."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. Congress and the several...to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. "Stc. 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the...

...women : "Equality for rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress and the several...enforce this article by appropriate legislation." We believe our international president of Zonta International, Dr. Helvi Sipila, Helsinki, Finland,...

...simple : "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Congress and the several States shall have the power, within their respective jurisdiction, to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."...

...amendment : "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Congress and the several States shall have the power, within their respective jurisdiction, to enforce this article by appropriate legislation....

...for Federal power. r\ 1 f/\»> mrttvltncr r\f SonHnn 9 - 7 The enforcement clause originally read: Congress and the several States shall have power within...to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 2 as passed appears on page 1. The change in language was made because of objections to the...

...identical to the version finally passed by Congress in 1 972. But Section 2 was significant^ different: "Congress and the several states shall have power....to enforce this article by appropriate legislation ' The emphasized words were deleted before final passage in 1972. Section 2 of ERA would give Congress...

...wording of the enforcement language contained in the second section (which had read since 1943: "Congresa and the several States shall have power within their...enforce this article by appropriate legislation") waa changed to conform to the enforcement language of oust of the other twenty-six constitutional amendments...

...follows: "Equality of rights under the law aball not be denied or abridged by th« United St* lei or by any State on account of sex. Congress and the several States shall bar* power, within their respective jurisdiction!. to enforce this article by appropriate legislation...

...rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on the basis of sex. Congress and the several States shall have power, within their respective jurisdiction, to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." With the civil rights movement of...

...grab for Federal power. * See p. 1 for wording of Section 2. The enforcement clause originally read: Congress and the several States shall have power within...to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 2 as passed appears on page 1. The change in language was made because of objections to the...