Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, Such as Phyllis Schlafly

question 136

Multiple Choice

Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, such as Phyllis Schlafly, argued that the passage of the ERA would

• A) take away a woman's right to be a housewife.
• B) finally make women truly equal citizens, a goal set forth at Seneca Falls over a century before.
• C) need to be amended in order to exclude women from being drafted into the armed forces.
• D) not change anything, and so its ratification would mean nothing.
• E) elevate women to a superior class, allowing women to outnumber men in politics, professional jobs, and higher education programs within a decade.

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