they had another constitutional change. they knew we needed to put gender equality into our constitution. and so these women among them alice paul wrote the equal rights amendment. and first introduced in congress in 1923 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the sen he cana falls convention, the first women rights convention in our country and introduced in the house by daniel anthony, nephew of the great sufficient fra gift leader, susan b. anthony to honor her work like the like elizabeth katey stanton. we honor these women as constitution makers. what verbal praise alone is not enough. we must also carry out their wishes because now, a full 100 years later, the equal rights amendment is still not part of the u.s. constitution. i thank jackie spir and all the women and like-minded men in this congress that voted to move the equal rights movement forward. 85% of u.s. states have constitutions that guarantee equality for women and girls. these constitutional guarantees