Heartsick again

June 30, 1981 NOW sponsors ERA Countdown Rallies in over 180 cities to draw attention to the ERA deadline of June 30, 1982, and to dramatize the wide support for the ERA.
Tim, Chris and I were in Boston and attended a rally there.........(I still have the t-shirt which now wouldn't even fit my right ankle....!!!!! )
then.................a year later........it was defeated.....as it has been over and over.....
I remember well that day when i heard the news and i cried.... my heart was sick.....
that same horrible feeling has been clinging these last few days as the news of Hillary's campaign suspension becomes real........

“ Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification."