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

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

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.