For These Women, The Equal Rights Amendment Has Been A Decades-Long Battle
Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia.
![Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on Jan. 8. The state is close to ratifying the ERA, even as the measure](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/01/15/ap_20014677958926_wide-6e0705acbce3641d4c30dd1455184c92686664b7.jpg?s=600)
Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia.
(Image credit: Steve Helber/AP)
![](https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=796645936)