Women’s History Month wraps up at the end of March. It is a moment, advocates say, to revisit where the country stands — or more pointedly, where it does not.
For many Americans, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) — establishing equal rights regardless of sex — is a century-old proposal widely assumed to be settled law. Women have the vote. But an explicit constitutional guarantee of sex equality remains unresolved.
In Santa Barbara, the Women’s Political Committee (SBWPC) has launched a renewed campaign to educate residents about the amendment’s status and to press for its formal recognition as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution…