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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
the Equal Rights Amendment
the Equal Rights Amendment [the Equal Rights Amendment] BrE NAmE (abbrthe ERA) a proposal for an ↑amendment to the US Constitution which would give women equal rights with men. The proposal began in ↑Congress in 1923 and was finally passed in 1972. A total of 38 of the 50 states had to give their approval by 1982 for it to become law, but only 35 did, so it failed.
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