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March 22, 1972 EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT PROPOSED An amendment to the Constuon to guarantee equal social, economic, and polical rights to women had origi- nally been wrien by Alice Paul and submied to Congress in 1923. During congressional consideraon of the 26th amendment, the Naonal Organizaon forWomen lobbied for passage of the equal rights amendment. On October 12, 1971, the House of Representaves adopted a resoluon proposing an equal rights amendment to the Constuon submied by RepresentaveMartha Griffiths. The Senate adopted it onMarch 22, 1972; then the proposed amendment was submied to the states for raficaon. The equal rights amendment failed to receive the requisite number of state raficaons before the final deadline of June 30, 1982mandated by Congress. RepresentaveMartha Griffiths poses in front of the Capitol with a copy of the proposed equal rights amendment. October 27, 1972 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT With passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, Congress established the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as an independent agency of the United States federal government and gave it the power to develop safety standards and pursue recalls for products that present unreasonable or substan- al risks of injury or death to consumers. January 23, 1973 The House holds its first vote using new electronic vong equipment. ELECTRONIC VOTING Electronic vong is sll in use. OFFICE OF THE CLERK, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 THE CAPITOL DOME SUMMER 2012 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS