Why Did The Equal Rights Amendment Failed To Be Ratified?

Since 1789 only twenty-seven of the thirty-three proposed constitutional amendments were successfully ratified. This means that there are six amendments that failed to be ratified. Those six proposed constitutional amendments are caught in limbo, surviving the first part of the process only to be suspended in the ratification process. Some of these amendments have time restrictions while others do not. Of the six amendments that failed to be ratified only four are still viable today as the time extensions on the other two have expired. There is still hope for these four amendments, hope that can be gleaned from the twenty-seventh amendment that waited 203 years before its ratification. This essay will explain the failed ratification of the …show more content…
Other reasons why the equal rights amendment failed to be ratified was because many feared that it would nullify some of the things in place to protect women. After all, if women were going to be considered legally equal to men then they would have to be treated like men as well. People feared that this would make women eligible for draft to serve in combat duty. People also feared that this would do away with things like alimony, sexual assault laws, and the favoring of the mother to take custody of the child in divorce …show more content…
The equal rights amendment is an example of how the people would go about changing the law of the land to meet their needs. And even though it failed to be ratified, it is exemplary that it got as far through the process as it did. The failure of the equal rights amendment was not in vain, it signified to the state governments that their people were ready for a change. The states eventually put legislation in place to protect the rights of women where the federal government failed to do so. So in the end, what almost was actually did come to