[DOC] [TLE] Equal Rights Amendment - Wikipedia [PAR] The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United 
States ... This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. 
... sacrificing certain benefits given to women through protective legislation, such 
.... The ERA was three states shy of the necessary 38 ratifications as the March 
22,... [DOC] [TLE] Equal Rights Amendment facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] First submitted by Congress to the states for ratification on March 22, 1972, it 
failed to be ratified by its final deadline of June 30, 1982. ... by the end of the 
seven-year deadline, leaving it three states short in its bid to become law. ... 
Despite all these efforts, and even though public opinion polls indicated that a 
majority of U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] 6 constitutional amendments that just missed the cut - The Week [PAR] Aug 28, 2014 ... Six failed after being sent to the states. ... Eleven states ratified the amendment 
between 1789 and 1792, but it never ... The Corwin Amendment made it through 
Congress in 1861, so you can probably guess what hot-button issue it tackled. ... 
The workforce of 10-to-16-year-olds had ballooned to over two... [DOC] [TLE] The Equal Rights Amendment [ushistory.org] [PAR] After 1973, the number of ratifying states slowed to a trickle. By 1982, the year of 
expiration, only 35 states had voted in favor of the ERA  three states shy of the
... [DOC] [TLE] ERA: In the States - Equal Rights Amendment [PAR] During the next five years, 35 states approved the amendment. ... 1982, however, 
no additional states had voted yes, and the ERA fell three states short of 
ratification. ... The Illinois House, but not the Senate, passed an ERA ratification 
bill in 2003 ... SJR 19, a bill ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, failed to pass 
out of the... [DOC] [TLE] ERA: History - Equal Rights Amendment [PAR] Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. 
As supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment between 1972 and 1982 lobbied, 
... continuum of women's struggle for constitutional equality in the United States. 
... As the amendment approached the necessary ratification by three-quarters of... [DOC] [TLE] James Madison's Failed Amendments | Teachinghistory.org [PAR] The states ratified the last 10 of the 12 amendments. ... In addition, keeping the 
House of Representatives from being too small was thought to ... Section 2, 
Paragraph 3) and the total number of members of the House of ... This 
amendment also failed to gather the required number of state ratifications in the 
years after it was... [DOC] [TLE] A Short History of E.R.A. -- September 1986 Phyllis Schlafly ... [PAR] The Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States ... In 
the next six years, only five more states ratified ERA, but five of the 30 states ... 
The Illinois Legislature voted on ERA every year from 1972 through 1982, the 
Florida .... Extension resolution to change "within seven years" to 10 years, 3 
months,... [DOC] [TLE] The Failed Amendments - The U.S. Constitution Online ... [PAR] A list of the amendments approved by the Congress but never ratified by the 
states. ... Constitution, 27 changes have been made through the Amendment 
process. ... time, but which failed to pass the second hurdle - acceptance by the 
states. ... Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of 
ratification... [DOC] [TLE] The new women's movement: Reviving the ERA fight - CNN.com [PAR] Apr 16, 2015 ... Thirty-five of the needed 38 states ratified the ERA by its 1982 deadline. .... There 
was a deadline tied to this effort, though; at first seven years, then extended to 10. 
... The amendment failed to pass, falling three states short. [DOC] [TLE] ConSource, Six: A Look at Failed Constitutional Amendments [PAR] [3] The amendment aimed to set minimum requirements for representation while 
also ... Though only eleven states voted affirmatively, insufficient for

Question: Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982
Answer: the Equal Rights Amendment