Which best explains the failure of the Equal Right Amendment in the 1870s? A. the ERA was not able to be implemented due to budgetary constraints.

B. prominent proponents say f the ERA lost public credibility when it was discovered that they were Communist.

C. each state independently enforced gender equality under the law before the ERA came up for Congressional vote.

D. the conservative movement launched a public campaign that claimed that the ERA was destroying traditional family values.