What year did women get equality in the US?

Did women get equality - I thought the equal rights amendment was not ratified.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave the blacks the rights they have now - and women seem to be sort of included in it too.

If Americans are honest with themselves neither has really gotten equality.

There was no all encompassing equality across the board legislation passed for either african americans or women, but rather several notable and more minor pieces of legislation relating to issues of equality.

The emancipation proclamation occurred in 1863 which was notable yet, as recently as the early 1960s we still had segregation. Affirmative Action making it illegal discriminate based on race (and other things) was passed in 1961.

Many States afforded women equal voting rights at various times, but all states were required to as of 1920. That was the big one for women. Women were added to AA not long after minorities.Title IX was passed in 1972. The three pronged test strongly advantaging women was circa late 1980s. VAWA, which I believe goes beyond equality to advantage women in regards to domestic violence was first passed in 1994.

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Added - ERA never passed. Phyllis Schafly who was very against it was not a feminist (and has become a very strong anti-feminist) but pointed out true equality would indeed mean women would loose the many advantages they had over men. Vietnam was just ending about then and the draft was very much on people's minds for one.

The other piece that people often miss in my opinion is that the ERA most likely never would have brought about equality. The wording in my opinion would not have caused sexist, discriminatory legislation to be overturned and would not have prevented further sexist legislation.

Much as Affirmative Action has been used to promote discrimination in hiring not, end it, - I think the ERA would have been similar in it's current form. That's why feminists were for it.

Personally I would love to see an all encompassing ERA that requires all sexist legislation to be abolished, and to have equal opportunity, but the ERA in it's current form will not do that in my opinion.

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The Equal Rights Ammendment to the Constitution never passed. However, there is a patchwork of civil rights legislation that has made halting progress on equal rights. Women got the right to vote in 1920. Somewhere in the 60's, they got rights to equal pay for equal work, along with other protected groups. Before that, it was legal and common to have two pay scales, one for men, and another for women. And possibly another for "colored."

I get a bit confused when people keep bringing up the ERA ever since I read this question:

Women have always been treated better than men.

BQ: 1964

Feminists will never admit they have equality. That would mean they have to stop crusading for power...

Or as I've heard (read, actually) a few feminists say, "there's always something to fight for".

Seeking drama and conflict?

I'll let you know if I live to see either of those things happen.