, a conservative backlash against feminism eroded support for the Equal Rights Amendment, which ultimately failed to achieve ratification by the a requisite 38, or three-fourths, of the states, by the deadline set by Congress.
The equal rights amendment fail because both houses of a state's legislature must approve, and there was no such support.
<h3>Why did the equal rights amendment fail?</h3>
The Equal Rights Amendment which was proposed in 1972 in the United States Constitution failed because it doesn't get the necessary support especially from the both houses of a state's legislature.
It was designed to establish equal legal rights for people irrespective of gender and race.
