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Do We Need An Equal Rights Amendment To Ensure Gender Equality?

March 04, 2015

In celebration of Women’s History Month, explore the parallels between second-wave feminism and the Supreme Court cases of that time with constitutional law expert Cary Franklin, leading women’s history scholar Alice Kessler-Harris, and American legal history professor Serena Mayeri.

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