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Three Democratic state attorneys general have asked a court to declare that the Equal Rights Amendment is valid and part of the U.S. Constitution

It was a huge step forward for American women when, exactly 100 years ago, they finally gained the guaranteed right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment. But to Alice Paul, the step wasn’t nearly large enough.

The Trump administration has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by three Democratic state attorneys general seeking to force the U.S. archivist to recognize Virginia’s vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and adopt it in the U.S. Constitution. Virginia became the 38th and final state needed to make the ERA part of the Constitution in...

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that roughly 3 in 4 Americans support the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, nearly 50 years after it passed Congress in 1972

In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex.

Three Democratic state attorneys general are suing a U.S. government official, seeking to force him to recognize Virginia’s vote this week to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and certify the measure as part of the Constitution

Virginia’s attorney general has vowed to go to court if needed to see the Equal Rights Amendment adopted and plans to announce “landmark civil rights litigation” dealing with the proposed constitutional amendment

A day after Virginia became the critical 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the National Archives reiterated on Tuesday that it would not immediately take any action to certify the measure’s adoption as part of the U.S. Constitution.

Virginia became the crucial 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment Monday, a momentous victory for many women’s rights advocates even though it is far from certain the measure ever will be added to the U.S. Constitution. Virginia’s House and Senate approved the resolution to ratify the amendment decades after Congress sent the ERA to the states in...

Supporters of the ERA are celebrating as Virginia becomes the 38th state to ratify the amendment. News4’s Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports from Richmond.

Supporters of the ERA are celebrating as Virginia becomes the 38th state to ratify the amendment. News4’s Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports from Richmond.

The Equal Rights Amendment is continuing to advance in the Virginia Legislature, where its passage is all but certain.

The Justice Department has issued a finding that an expired pair of deadlines imposed by Congress decades ago means it’s too late for more states to ratify it now.

Virginia’s governor is calling this the most consequential legislative session in a generation. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment have filed a federal lawsuit in Massachusetts aimed at clearing a legal path for adoption of the long-delayed constitutional amendment. Backers say they’re wading into the debate over the amendment — which dates to the early 1970s — because Virginia is poised to become the decisive 38th state to approve the measure. But the…

Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment are so confident Virginia is on the verge of becoming the critical 38th state to ratify the gender equality measure, they are already making plans for how they will celebrate. But that jubilation could be largely symbolic. Despite broad support for the amendment in the state, the ERA’s prospects nationally are substantially more...

A new memorial in Lorton will honor the work of women suffragists 100 years after women’s right to vote was ratified. The memorial is not far from the Occoquan Workhouse, a building where sufragettes were imprisoned and in some cases beaten for protesting for the right to vote.

A new memorial will honor the work female suffragists did to fight for the right to vote. The site is close to the Occoquan Workhouse, where suffragists were jailed and in some cases beaten for protesting in favor of suffrage.

Democrats from Virginia’s House of Delegates have nominated Eileen Filler-Corn to be the first female Speaker of the House in state history.

Democrats have flipped enough seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and the state Senate to win control of both chambers. News4’s Julie Carey reports from Richmond.