The work argues for women's equality in all aspects of life. American women move further into the public sphere; the first Women's Rights Convention is held at Seneca Falls, New York.

Timeline: Key Dates in the Century-Long ... Paul's original amendment text stated: “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

For nearly a century, those 24 words have been the subject of a longstanding battle to win women equal protection under the law. The proposed amendment is simple, but the fight to add the Equal ...

The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women ...

FILE - Alice Paul, background holding rolled-up banner, takes part with suffragettes marching from the Women's Party Headquarters to the White House in the spring of 1917, to further their cause ...