holywood model: 100 Years Later, We Still Don’t Have an Equal Rights Amendment. A New Generation of Leaders Wants to Change That.

Rosie Couture remained unfazed as she stood outside the Capitol on January 5, holding a giant canvas that read

At just 19 years old, Couture, a Virginia native and Harvard College freshman, is the co-founder of Generation Ratify, a youth-led organization working to advance gender equality. In January, nearly 20 of her cohorts came together in D.C., all on a mission to talk to members of Congress about the group's number one priority: ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. "We were standing outside the House steps, where the news was, so that we could be in the faces of these representatives," Couture said. "They were coming up and down the stairs, and we were talking to anyone who would listen."

If you thought the Equal Rights Amendment was a relic of a bygone era, you're not alone. Though it was first drafted 100 years ago, the ERA—a proposed amendment that would enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution and legally prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex—has yet to be added to our country's founding document." title="Rosie Couture remained unfazed as she stood outside the Capitol on January 5, holding a giant canvas that read "ERA NOW" in green and pink letters. Though she couldn't have predicted the mayhem that would transpire on Capitol Hill that week—as Republicans struggled to agree on who should become Speaker of the House—the chaos was, in some ways, fleeting. In contrast, Couture had arrived in Washington, D.C. carrying a 100-year-old movement on her shoulders.

At just 19 years old, Couture, a Virginia native and Harvard College freshman, is the co-founder of Generation Ratify, a youth-led organization working to advance gender equality. In January, nearly 20 of her cohorts came together in D.C., all on a mission to talk to members of Congress about the group's number one priority: ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. "We were standing outside the House steps, where the news was, so that we could be in the faces of these representatives," Couture said. "They were coming up and down the stairs, and we were talking to anyone who would listen."

If you thought the Equal Rights Amendment was a relic of a bygone era, you're not alone. Though it was first drafted 100 years ago, the ERA—a proposed amendment that would enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution and legally prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex—has yet to be added to our country's founding document.">

100 Years Later, We Still Don't Have an Equal Rights Amendment. A New Generation of Leaders Wants to Change That.

Rosie Couture remained unfazed as she stood outside the Capitol on January 5, holding a giant canvas that read "ERA NOW" in green and pink letters. Though she couldn't have predicted the mayhem that would transpire on Capitol Hill that week—as Republicans struggled to agree on who should become Speaker of the House—the chaos was, in some ways, fleeting. In contrast, Couture had arrived in Washington, D.C. carrying a 100-year-old movement on her shoulders.

At just 19 years old, Couture, a Virginia native and Harvard College freshman, is the co-founder of Generation Ratify, a youth-led organization working to advance gender equality. In January, nearly 20 of her cohorts came together in D.C., all on a mission to talk to members of Congress about the group's number one priority: ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. "We were standing outside the House steps, where the news was, so that we could be in the faces of these representatives," Couture said. "They were coming up and down the stairs, and we were talking to anyone who would listen."

If you thought the Equal Rights Amendment was a relic of a bygone era, you're not alone. Though it was first drafted 100 years ago, the ERA—a proposed amendment that would enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution and legally prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex—has yet to be added to our country's founding document.

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