For Women's Career Equality: Parent-Friendly Work, Equal Rights Amendment

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To break glass ceilings, feminists of the past put career above all else. But a new generation of feminists isn't willing to sacrifice family for work. Instead, they're lobbying to make workplaces more family friendly.

Last week, Representative Carolyn Maloney (D) of New York and Senator Robert Menendez (D) of New Jersey reintroduced The Equal Rights Amendment on the floor of Congress. This is not a startling event - the bill has been introduced every session since 1972.

Maybe you're rolling your eyes at the mere mention of the ERA. Isn't that a throwback to '70s feminism? Hey, you've come a long way, baby. Don't we have enough gender equality already?

But …