Use the following website to learn about the Women's Rights Movement. After reading the background information, complete the questions listed below.

Website: 19th Amendments Takes Effect, Giving Women the Right to Vote

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In 1923, the suffragist Alice Paul proposed the Equal Rights Amendment to Congress. The E.R.A., as it came to be called, aimed to go a step further than the 19th Amendment, making discrimination on the basis of gender unconstitutional. The National Organization for Women started a nationwide campaign in the 1960s to support the legislation. It was passed by Congress in 1972 but has never been ratified, despite legislators’ subsequent attempts to push the measure over the years.

1. Do you think it is necessary to constitutionally guarantee equal treatment for women? Why or why not?
2. Are there any other rights, protections, or guarantees not explicitly stated in the Constitution that you feel might make worthy amendments?