In this weeks article “Virginia Just Became the 38th State to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Here’s What to Know About the History of the ERA” by Tara Law, I have never obtained so much information about the ERA until now. I knew that the ERA had something to do with gaining equality between sexes and obtaining liberation for women’s rights. I just want to know, what took so long? Why did it take us so long to have the rights we deserve and just be equal. Even now, the ERA still won’t be added to the Constitution due to the fact it would be a long and hard fight in order to make that happen. But in reality, it shouldn’t take so long because these are the kinds of topics that need to be advocated and fought for by millions of people in order to get some kind of recognition or voice heard. I didn’t know how short the ERA actually was and at this point it isn’t even surprising because what else do we expect from a country that doesn’t care for equality between genders. Women have been fighting since before 1972 to make our voices heard and fight for what’s right which has always been equality. Law goes on to say “Coberly notes that many people don’t even know that the U.S. hasn’t ratified the amendment yet”. I’m sure many people aren’t educated on the topic of the ERA or even the ratification of things. We need to bring more awareness to this topic because it is very important to understand what is happening in our country.