"The
time for equality in the United States of America is never ended, never
defeated, never killed. And to suggest otherwise, to suggest that equality
in this great country has a deadline of expiration, a date of finality,
is to renounce the very values which are America."
Florida Governor Bob
Graham, 1982
speaking at an ERA rally in Tallahassee,
Florida
Unratified States
.Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia
ERA resolutions introduced in 2009:*
Arkansas
Ilinois
Florida
Missouri
There are also active ERA campaigns in Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
*ERA advocates in Kansas have introduced a resolution to add an ERA to their state constitution.