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ERA Shows Signs of Life on 30th Anniversary of Apparent Demise – When Deadline For Ratification Expired

June 29, 2012. The Equal Rights Amendment’s apparent demise occurred exactly thirty years ago this week – on June 30, 1982 – when an extended deadline for ratification expired. But like a corpse in a coffin that has surprisingly begun to breathe again, the amendment that would incorporate equality on account of sex in the United States constitution is showing signs of life.
BY BERNADETTE CAHILL

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