THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANS FOREIGN POLICY
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She thought it discriminated against certain religious beliefs
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She thought the ERA violated women’s freedom of speech
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she believed the ERA harmed women who preferred a more traditional lifestyle
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she claimed that more changes were needed than the ERA proposed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phyllis Schlafly was perhaps the most visible opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment. Her “Stop ERA” campaign hinged on the belief that the ERA would eliminate laws designed to protect women and led to the eventual defeat of the amendment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Schlafly formed a group called STOP ERA, or “Stop Taking Our Privileges, Equal Rights Amendment.” She warned women that if equal rights were enshrined in the Constitution, the heterosexual world order would collapse.
Detailed explanation-3: -Schlafly held the position that men and women are fundamentally different, and resisted what she termed the “feminist [propagandist]” assertion that “we must redesign society to become gender neutral and that men must shed their macho image and remake themselves to become househusbands".
Detailed explanation-4: -The ERA was strongly opposed by the American Federation of Labor and other labor unions, which feared the amendment would invalidate protective labor legislation for women. Eleanor Roosevelt and most New Dealers also opposed the ERA.