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Bringing Sex Discrimination Under Strict Scrutiny: The Need for an Equal Rights Amendment

This year, the United States celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification. This amendment began a decades-long process of enfranchising women across the country. By enshrining, for both sexes, the right to vote, the Nineteenth Amendment formally recognized that women do indeed have a role in making political, legal, social, and economic decisions. However, while this amendment legitimized women’s presence in the public sphere, it did not fully grant them equal rights within it.

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