Why ERA Failed Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution

Name: Why ERA Failed Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution
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ISBN: 9780253204592

ISBN-10: 0253204593

ISBN-13: 9780253204592

Edition: 1988

Authors: Mary Frances Berry

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Why ERA Failed looks at the systemic problems of politics and the amending process. The author, Mary Frances Berry, considers the behavior of the two sides from the perspective of a historian and lawyer. She describes the history of the amending process, from the Constitutional Convention to the present day, and its application to the struggles for amendments concerned with the status of blacks after the Civil War, income tax, prohibition, child labor, and woman suffrage. Berry concludes that ERA approval was problematic at best and defeat predictable. Supporters did too little of what is required for ratification of a substantive proposal too late. Furthermore, the large number of state…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 2/22/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English