text: Thank you for your article calling attention to the ERA.It's the 21st century and still America's women and girls have not achieved full equality in the U.S. Constitution. The federal legislation you are referring to is actually to remove (not extend) the arbitrary deadline imposed by Congress on the amendment passed from both chambers of Congress in 1972 and out into the states for ratification. To learn more about the 3 State Strategy and ratification efforts in the 15 unratified states, go to: eraaction.org