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An eye-witness and researched account of the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (1977) by the Indiana General Assembly. It includes a foreword that updates action through 2018 on the Equal Rights Amendment; written in 1998. ; Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis Indiana

An attempt was made to ascertain whether it was possible to predict which state legislatures had approved the pending Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) on the basis of how functional, accountable, informed, independent, representative, & innovative they were judged to be. Other potential predictor variables were taken to be: degree of political & religious conservatism, & whether or not the legislature had approved other progressive amendments. Chi-squared analysis of ten contingency tables led to the conclusion that states with more innovative legislatures, those ratifying earlier suffrage amendments, & those with more liberal religious & political views were significantly more likely to have ratified the ERA. Given the existing degree of political & religious conservatism, among the 15 nonratifying states, Miss, Ala, Ga, social class, & La are considered to be the least likely to approve the ERA, & Ariz, Va, Ill, Nev, & Fla the most. 2 Tables. AA.

Mormon campaign against ratification of the ERA. Mormon feminism; the organized response of pro-ERA Mormons; broader Mormon attitudes; consequences and implications of the controversy for the Mormon community.