American Experience

From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA

Clip: Season 32 Episode 9 | 7m 42s | Video has closed captioning.

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Virginia recently became the latest state to ratify a constitutional amendment that the country has been fighting about for nearly 100 years since it was first proposed by Alice Paul and other women's suffragists. Has the United States reached a tipping point in the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment?

Aired: 07/06/20

Rating: NR

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