Dawn of an ERA? State House passes Equal Rights Amendment -- 95 years later

[davsand]

SPRINGFIELD—The Illinois House made history on Wednesday, allowing for the state to become the 37th in the country to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment designed to protect Americans against discrimination based on their sex.

Nearly a century after the amendment was drafted, the Illinois House voted 72-45 to ratify it following more than two hours of debate. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan stood behind the speaker’s podium in the House chambers to watch the historic vote. The Illinois Senate voted to approve it in April.

While the vote may be symbolic — the country needs one more state to ratify the amendment — the state’s passage creates a window of opportunity for the embattled constitutional amendment. The state is where the efforts seized in 1982. Only 35 of the necessary 38 states ratified the amendment before the 1979 deadline set by Congress. The deadline was extended to 1982, but that made no difference as Illinois and other states remained firmly against the proposal.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/dawn-of-an-era-state-house-passes-equal-rights-amendment-half-a-century-later/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for them, but it's too late.

It strikes me as odd that they would even bother, unless somehow it can be revived after all this time.