Equal Rights

- Our Amendment will be on Equal Rights in pay for women. To this day, women are still paid less than men in the workplace, which is a direct violation of our constitutional rights. In 1921 Alice Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment and was introduced to Congress as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1923 and was continually reintroduced to every Congress since then. It wasn't until 1972 that the U.S. Congress passed the amendment and sent it on to the states for ratification. The amendment simply states: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex" (U.S. Congress: Equal rights Amendment, 1972).

- Just like the 14th Amendment, that gives us the right to due process, we, women, are denied that right on a daily basis. We are now in the working field, and have been for many years now. How can it be, that in 2010, women are still being alienated in the work place. Women hold positions of president, vice president, CEO, CFO and much more. Those positions require a certain pay scale that should turn a blind eye to sex.

Our written Amendment:

It shall be unlawful by both federal and state regulations to deny anyone the proper pay based on their sex. Equality amongst this nation is a born right to all those who live in these United States. Man and Woman shall be given the same amount of compensation for work in this country.