On Today's 21st: Virginia became the 38th state to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, last week. Before that, Illinois ratified the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal rights regardless of sex. We unpacked what that means. 

In 1981, dozens of women descended upon the Illinois state Capitol with bread and other baked treats for legislators. On the annual “Stop-ERA Bread Day,” their message: Men who approve the Equal Rights Amendment can no longer count on their wives to tend to hearth and home.

The proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution passed Congress in the 1970s. On Wednesday, Illinois made news by ratifying it — 46 years later.

Legislators of both parties are calling on Governor Bruce Rauner to voice support for the Equal Rights Amendment. But what's really at stake?

A decades-long battle for state ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment is still waging on. On Tuesday, supporters traveled from different areas of the state to urge lawmakers to act.