PHILADELPHIA — Progressive activists in Congress have put mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to direct the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the first explicit mention of women in the U.

One of the more questionable things departing chief exec Joe Biden did in his waning days was declaring the Equal Rights Amendment officially “ratified” as the Constitution’s 28th Amendment.

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.