FIU Women's Studies Students travel to Tallahassee to lobby for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.The goal is for Florida to become one of the three remaining states required to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Women's Studies students from Florida International University, Miami, prepare for the first days of the Florida Legislatures 2006 session. Students enjoy a moment of natural beauty at Wakulla Springs before Lobby Day.

Chonti Valenzuela, Alex Burke, Sze Lee, Megan Kelley, and Ivanessa Arostegui travel to Tallahassee for Lobby Days with the Florida Women's Consortium, March 12-13, 2006.

Florida State Senator Gwen Margolis (center), a sponsor with Arthenia Joyner of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, meets with FIU Women's Studies students. l-r: Dr. Suzanna Rose, FIU Womens' Studies Director with students and Holly Anagnos, 2nd from left.

FIU Women's Studies students with Vicki Wooldridge, lobbyist for the Florida Business and Professional Women's Association and the Florida American Association of University Women.

The struggle for the ERA unites women across generations: Megan, Iva, and Sze with an FIU Women's Studies donor.

FIU Women's Studies students claim the steps of the Old Capitol, Tallahassee.

Staking out a place for women in Florida's capitol. The U. S. has required Iraq and Afghanistan to include equal rights for women in their constitution, a right that women in the U.S. do not have.

Students after two days of lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment. Every constitution in the world written after World War II guarantees equal rights for women and men.

Young feminists are prepared to fight for equal rights. As Susan B. Anthony said, "Failure is impossible!"