Equal Rights

Equal rights can refer to:

  • Equality before the law, when all people have the same rights
  • Human rights, when such rights are held in common by all people
  • Civil rights, when such rights are held in common by all citizens of a nation
  • Women's rights, when such rights are held in common by both men and women
  • Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that intended to advance such a condition for women's rights
  • Equal liberty

It can also refer to:

  • Equal Rights (motto), motto of the state of Wyoming, USA
  • Equal Rights (journal), a 1920s feminist journal
  • Equal Rights (album), a 1977 reggae release by Peter Tosh

Famous quotes related to equal rights:

    “The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer ... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country—men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)