Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why would some leaders in the women’s rights movement oppose the Equal Rights Amendment? After the 19th Amendment, the fight for equality didn’t end. It changed.
In the 1920s, Alice Paul pushed for the ERA, arguing that true equality meant removing all legal differences between men and women. But reformers like Florence Kelley disagreed. After years of fighting for labor laws that protected women and children, Kelley worried the ERA would remove those protections and expose women to harsher working conditions.
This debate raised a bigger question that still matters today: does equality mean treating everyone the same, or recognizing real differences in society and the workplace? This video is part of our series in collaboration with @savypolitics exploring the ways women used the Declaration of Independence throughtout history.
#americanhistory #womenshistory #equalrightsamendment #alicepaul #florencekelley #womensrights #19thamendment #ushistory
Why would some leaders in the women’s rights movement oppose the Equal Rights Amendment? After the 19th Amendment, the fight for equality didn’t end. It changed.
In the 1920s, Alice Paul pushed for the ERA, arguing that true equality meant removing all legal differences between men and women. But reformers like Florence Kelley disagreed. After years of fighting for labor laws that protected women and children, Kelley worried the ERA would remove those protections and expose women to harsher working conditions.
This debate raised a bigger question that still matters today: does equality mean treating everyone the same, or recognizing real differences in society and the workplace? This video is part of our series in collaboration with @savypolitics exploring the ways women used the Declaration of Independence throughtout history.
#americanhistory #womenshistory #equalrightsamendment #alicepaul #florencekelley #womensrights #19thamendment #ushistory
