The assigned reading “Virginia just became the 38th state” was in some ways still surprising on how long women have been fighting in this struggle. Women got the right to vote in 1920 and 102 years later we are just now getting the majority vote to get something passed. That’s just crazy to me and even the things that are in place to “help women are still few and far in between. This was not done by mistake it was done intentionally in the article it states “It was an intentional exclusion of women from the constitution, because they were basically not considered full citizens who should have the right to vote,” Neuwirth said these words and it landed for me as we were considered property, belonging to someone one else. It was completely frustrating to read this article and know that although we have made progress in some ways and women are liberating themselves each day. That in a lot of ways we are still like the women in the 1920s telling folks we are people and deserve equal rights as everyone else. Even if ERA were to be passed we still don’t know if it will change things in the article it also states “Passing a constitutional amendment does not automatically invalidate anything,”

Coberly says. “It would provide a basis, potentially, for a lawsuit, and courts will need

to decide whether any particular law — whether it’s on abortion or something else —

constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and is invalid under any equal rights

Amendment.” meaning that after it is in place we still may not see quick changes in state laws