Feminists have been very much aggressive over the past few decades to get equality which haven’t been granted in a long time. It’s important to understand that we can’t live in a world where others would be treated fairly because of their sex and others would be deprived of certain privileges because they are opposite. In the 1920s, we saw in the states women rise to fight for equality and what they believed in, to that extent a party was even formed led by Mrs Paul in the name “National Women’s Party” which led the fight to an extent where we saw women after being long deprived of voting had that gap bridged. In view of that, they were then allowed to participate and hold political positions which was a massive move to the start of equality for women. Over the years, several amendments were attempted and others were to be rectified to aid in the bridging of the gap of human rights and privileges to facilitate and accommodate every body regardless their sexes. An Equal Right Amendment that started a long time ago after the National Women’s Party achieved their aim of getting the voting rights handed to women, they geared towards achieving an equal rights for everyone regardless your gender with emphasis on women rights, in 1972 they came close to its implementation after a long wait for ratification. It however failed due to some unforeseen tendency and was given a speculated time frame of 10 years this 1982 for its review and consideration, it’s rather unfortunate that we are yet to see an attention being given to it which would help level the grounds once and for all.
The whole process of the Equal Right Amendment started by Alice Paul who happens to be the founder of the National Women’s Party, this was between 1885-1977 where she believed not only are women supposed to have the right to vote but actual have the chance to experience equal rights and privileges as every other person especially males. After her demise, it became unpopular as most people didn’t give it the force needed until in the 1950s where we had Martha Griffins coming in to push it further. She presented it to the House of Commons in 1972 the need to look through the amendment and pass it as a bill, it’s important that everyone is given an equal opportunity because no one deserves to be treated differently based on their sexes. It is very much needed that more force is driven behind its implementation as since after the ratification in 1972 although it was due in 1982 nothing was done about it, fast forward 2019 we had a motion raised to make it a reality but unfortunately wasn’t given that much attention. In March 2017, after the thought that it was quite impossible to get the bill of the Equal Right Amendment brought to light, a set of individuals moved a motion which eventually led to its revelation in 2019 and has since then become a topic of discussion gaining wide importance and making it very vital for the survival of women at large.