Unidentified Speaker 2

The Equal Rights Amendment gives women rights that they do not now have.

The Equal Rights Amendment gives women rights that they do not now have.

Tonight, after a 49-year struggle, a constitutional amendment appears on the way proclaiming once and for all that women have all the same rights as that other sex.

Tonight, after a 49-year struggle, a constitutional amendment appears on the way proclaiming once and for all that women have all the same rights as that other sex.

For today, Indiana became the 35th, leaving the Women's Rights Declaration just three states away from becoming the 27th amendment to the Constitution.

For today, Indiana became the 35th, leaving the Women's Rights Declaration just three states away from becoming the 27th amendment to the Constitution.

I get fed up with the women's liberationists running down motherhood.

I get fed up with the women's liberationists running down motherhood.

The Equal Rights Amendment will take away from women some of the most important rights that they now possess.

The Equal Rights Amendment will take away from women some of the most important rights that they now possess.

First of all, it will have a powerful, dramatic, adverse effect on the rights of the draft age girl.

First of all, it will have a powerful, dramatic, adverse effect on the rights of the draft age girl.

That every 18-year-old girl will be compelled to be given a draft number and to be available for call-up.

That every 18-year-old girl will be compelled to be given a draft number and to be available for call-up.

The second category of women who will be hurt by the Equal Rights Amendment are wives.

The second category of women who will be hurt by the Equal Rights Amendment are wives.

The laws of every one of our 50 states make it the legal obligation of the husband to support his wife.

The laws of every one of our 50 states make it the legal obligation of the husband to support his wife.

And it works. It lost in Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, and now Florida.

And it works. It lost in Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, and now Florida.