Anti-ERA Button, 1972-1982
Object Details
- Description
- Button used by opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
- In 1972 the Equal Rights Amendment, designed to guarantee protection against sexual discrimination for women under the law, passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the individual states for ratification. Groups on both sides of the issue mobilized to lobby the states for and against passage. One of the most prominent anti-ERA organizations, simply entitled “STOP ERA,” was led by Phyllis Schlafly, .
- The ERA failed to meet the requisite number of state ratifications (38) by Congress’ deadline of June 30, 1982 and so was not adopted as a Constitutional amendment. It has been reintroduced several times.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Subject
- Women's Suffrage
- Women's Rights
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Credit Line
- Joyce E. Hamula
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1978.0844.18
- accession number
- 1978.0844
- catalog number
- 1978.0844.18
- Object Name
- button
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm x .635 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_523068