President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.

PHILADELPHIA — Progressive activists in Congress have put mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to direct the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the first explicit mention of women in the U.

Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?