What was the primary goal of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)? To guarantee the right to vote for women To eliminate all gender -specific laws To provide equal pay for equal work To ensure that rights under the law could not be denied based on sex.

The primary goal of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was to ensure that rights under the law could not be denied based on sex. The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. It sought to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. The ERA was introduced in Congress for the first time in 1923 and again in every session of Congress until it was finally passed by both houses of Congress in 1972. However, it failed to be ratified by the required number of states before the deadline set by Congress.