Until the late 19th century, women were the property of their fathers and husbands with no rights or legal identity. In 1848, a movement began that would eventually win the right to vote for women in 1920. Since then, the Equal Rights Amendment has been introduced every year in Congress but has never passed, and women are still not equal under the U.S. Constitution.
Ashlyn K. Kuersten is associate professor of political science at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
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