Paving the Way: How the Fight for the Right to Vote Led Directly to the ERA

Imagine you live in a country where you do not have rights. The Declaration of Independence states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-.” However, these “rights” in the Declaration of Independence did not apply to half of the population…