Final answer:
The correct answer is option 1. The women's rights movement's effort to get the ERA ratified was similar to the Civil Rights movement's campaign against poll taxes as both aimed to eliminate legal discrimination, be it based on gender or race.
Step-by-step explanation:
Women's Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Movement
The efforts of the women's rights movement to get the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified shares similarities with the Civil Rights movement's support for an end to poll taxes. Both sought to remove legal barriers to equality, whether they be based on gender or race. The ERA aimed to ensure that no one would be denied equality under the law based on sex, which paralleled the Civil Rights movement's goal of preventing voter suppression through poll taxes. Additionally, the attempt to have women included in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was also a significant part of the women's movement's focus on securing voting rights similar to African Americans.
As part of its advocacy, the women's rights movement, like the Civil Rights movement, utilized various tactics such as protests, legal challenges, and pressures on lawmakers to effect change. The ERA, initially proposed in 1923 and then again in the 1970s, sought to eliminate gender discrimination and, by extension, to open up opportunities for women across all areas of society, including business and law.