<span>On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification.
First proposed by the National Woman's political party in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality for all people.</span>
<span>According to Robert Kraske, two ways the profits of the salt trade affected the city of Timbuktu was that it increased GDP and increased trade revenue. </span>
