Activists Seek to Resuscitate 1972 Equal Rights Amendment

Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 8, 2020. AP Photo/Steve Helber

A coalition of feminist and transgender groups is turning to Congress to breathe new life into the twice-dead Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

First introduced in 1972, the ill-fated amendment failed to be ratified by the constitutionally required 38 states within the seven years Congress allotted for the process.