pro-era letter here, from liz carpenter, and aid -- an aide to lady bird johnson, and later became a major player in the pro-era movement. she explains the main reasons why people supported it, including equal pay for equal work was one of the main arguments that women made. this other letter is another one of my favorites in the gallery, from a woman who we don't know anything about. it's a citizen writing to her congress. she uses extraordinary language to its plain her opposition e to thera, and -- to the era, congr. she uses extraordinary language to and takes the point of view of a isditional homemaker who interested in maintaining the position of women in the home. she expresses a bit of wonderment as to why any woman would want to work outside of the home, because she says that men's jobs are just not that interesting.women in the home this is the 14th amendment to the constitution, and it plays a really significant role in the history not only of our country, but especially in the history of the bill of rights. the 14th amendment was ratified in 1868, three years after the en