. >> reporter: michelle boom, threw a white house reception, honoring the name gauntt she saw unfairnessn she saw it and was willing to do something about, because it was right thing to do, plain and simple. >> under the new law, workers can file discrimination suits six months after their paychecks, but critics say it will be a boom for lawyers. >> it eliminates the incentive to move quickly and stop discrimination. >> this law just doesn't apply to gender discrimination, but race, religion and disable. it's actually an amend to the 1964 civil right act. >> men and women shall have equal rights throughout the united states and every place subject to its jurisdiction. two republican members of congress would first introduce the equal rights amendment in 1923, but went nowhere and even though it was reintroduced in virtually every. captions brought to you by comcast. after that for decades, the house and senate would not pass the amendment until 1972. it them had six years to get the approval of the required 38 states. it would get 35 and thus fail. >>> in 1969, feminist author was stumpi