Virginia House passes Equal Rights Amendment in historic vote
RICHMOND — Virginia’s House of Delegates passed the Equal Rights Amendment Wednesday after years of failing to do so, marking a watershed moment in the nearly century-long effort to add women’s rights to the Constitution.
The state Senate was set to follow suit soon after.
The historic vote fulfills a promise that helped Democrats win control of the legislature last fall and makes Virginia the 38th — and potentially final — state to ratify the amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on sex.
While there are still numerous legal hurdles to enacting the amendment, Democrats — particularly female lawmakers who now hold unprecedented positions of power — were jubilant.
“It’s huge. It’s something many of us have been working on and fighting for for some time,” said Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax), who last week became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House in the 401-year history of Virginia’s legislature.
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