Resources
National Archives
Explore photographs, textual, and other records related to the Equal Rights Amendment in the National Archives Catalog.
NARA DocsTeach ERA site with original documents on the ERA
Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment
NARA List of States that have ratified the ERA
Congressional Research Service Reports on the Equal Rights Amendment
Dec. 23, 2019 “The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: Contemporary Ratification Issues”
April 25, 2022 “The Equal Rights Amendment: Recent Developments”
Jul 11, 2023 “The Equal Rights Amendment: Background and Recent Legal Developments”
Congressional Hearings
April 30, 2019 House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution Hearing “Equal Rights Amendment Proposals”
October 21, 2021 House Committee on Oversight & Reform Hearing “The Equal Rights Amendment: Achieving Constitutional Equality for All”
Feb 28, 2023 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing “The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution”
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Documents
On 50th Anniversary of Congress Passing the ERA, Chairwoman Maloney Presses Archivist to Recognize ERA as 28th Amendment
Laurence Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School letter to the Oversight Committee
Russ Feingold, President of the American Constitution Society and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution letter to the Oversight Committee
Library of Congress
From Nineteenth Amendment to ERA
The Long Road to Equality: What Women Won from the ERA Ratification Effort
The Centennial of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA): Origins and Early Debates
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
A New Home on Capitol Hill: Fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment
National Park Service and Library of Congress Receive Historic Collection on Women’s Rights from National Woman’s Party
Biden Administration Statements on the Equal Rights Amendment
January 27, 2022 “Statement from President Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment”
February 28, 2022 “A Proclamation on Women’s History Month, 2022”
August 25, 2022 “A Proclamation on Women’s Equality Day, 2022”
August 25, 2023 “A Proclamation on Women’s Equality Day, 2023”
August 26, 2023 “Statement from President Joe Biden on Equal Rights Amendment Centennial”
Office of Legal Counsel
2020 Trump OLC Memo re: Equal Rights Amendment2022 Biden OLC Memo re: Equal Rights Amendment