President Carter Signing Legislation for the Equal Rights Amendment

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Description

This photograph shows President Jimmy Carter signing the House of Representative resolution proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before it was sent to the states for ratification in 1978. The Equal Rights Amendment was supported by those who believed that women did not have equal status to men in the United States and who hoped to force change. The ERA failed to gain ratification by the required number of states and therefore was not made into law.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 181970

Full Citation: Photograph WHSP-C-07992-16; Jimmy Carter signs House of Representative Resolution for Equal Rights Amendment; 10/20/1978; Jimmy Carter, Roslaynn Carter – ERA Signing; Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Photographs , 1/20/1977 – 1/20/1981; Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection,; Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/carter-signing-era/, March 30, 2026]

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