>> what was important was the overwhelming majority of the house and senate. almost 90% in both houses for the equal rights amendment which takes two-thirds of the equal rights amendment. imagine that happening today and for that matter the reason we have so few amendments is because of the difficult of getting that kind of super majority for anything. >> the pronates of the equal rights amendment were prematurely victorious. they said we won. ha, not exactly. but they felt the hard part was over getting it through congress. but that was the easy part. >> that confidence led to what seemed a minor but rare