mn70s: Equal Rights Amendment Button, 1970s Minnesota’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (it was the 26th state to give its approval), on February 8, 1973, came nearly 11 months after the ERA’s passage by the U.S. Congress. Nine more states approved the amendment after Minnesota, but that wasn’t enough to secure its success. The ERA eventually died when it failed to secure the requisite 38 state ratifications by the March 22, 1979, deadline. Image via Minnesota Historical Society

mn70s:

Equal Rights Amendment Button, 1970s

Minnesota’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (it was the 26th state to give its approval), on February 8, 1973, came nearly 11 months after the ERA’s passage by the U.S. Congress. Nine more states approved the amendment after Minnesota, but that wasn’t enough to secure its success. The ERA eventually died when it failed to secure the requisite 38 state ratifications by the March 22, 1979, deadline.

Image via Minnesota Historical Society