Proposed law for gender equality?

• A. New feminism
• B. Lynching
• C. Birth control movement
• D. ERA

Answer: (D)

The question is about a formal step aimed at guaranteeing equal rights for men and women under the law. The best choice is the Equal Rights Amendment. This was a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution, making equality before the law a legal right regardless of sex. It emerged from the broader women’s rights movement after suffrage, championed by activists like Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party, and it represents a concrete legal mechanism rather than just a social or political movement.

The other options describe movements or issues rather than a specific legal amendment aimed at equality. New feminism refers to a broad wave of feminist ideas and activism, not a single constitutional proposal; the birth control movement focused on reproductive rights and access; lynching was a violent crime connected to racial terror, not a gender-equality law.