The fight over the Equal Rights Amendment is often framed as a classic fight between liberals and conservatives with liberals supporting the amendment to ensure gender equality and conservatives opposing the amendment to preserve traditional gender roles. But the history of the ERA before the state ratification battles of the 1970s shows that the fight over complete constitutional sexual equality did not always fall along strict political boundaries. As the dynamics of the early ERA conflict suggest, support for and opposition to the ERA are not positions that are fundamentally tied to either conservatism or liberalism. The ERA was first introduced into Congress in 1923, and Congress held several hearings on the amendment from the 1920s through the 1960s. Early ERA supporters as well as amendment opponents included liberals and conservatives alike. At its roots, the ERA conflict reflects a battle over the nature of American citizenship and not a typical political fight between li
KNOXVILLE â For at least one University of Tennessee pre-med student pursuing a concentration in neuroscience and a minor in public health, the study of history is making her current studies easier.
Ashlynn Malone, who graduated from Sevier County High School in 2019, participated in approximately 12 National History Day events during her years as a middle and high school student.
Those experiences led to an invitation for Malone to judge the most recent East Tennessee History Day competition, a precursor to state and national events.
âI decided to go for it,â Malone said of volunteering with the East Tennessee Historical Society, which organizes the event now in its 20th year.
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