Beyond the 19th: The Equal Rights Amendment
April 15, 2021
3pm (PST) 6pm EST
Virtual Event
Join the Alice Paul Institute and the National Park Service for an engaging discussion with Park Ranger Susan Philpott exploring the evolution of the ERA--and the concept of equality--over the past century. Women won an important victory with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. But the vote wasn't the end; it was just the beginning of the ongoing struggle for equality. Within a few years, Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party set out to amend the U.S. Constitution again, this time to ensure full equality for women. The Equal Rights Amendment, introduced into Congress for the first time in 1923, states that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
Susan Philpott is a Park Ranger with the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. Susan has been an interpreter for the National Park Service for over 10 years. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Public History from the University of Maryland. She loves to engage visitors with the history of freedom and justice in the United States, exploring the stories of those who work for social change.
