Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, Like Phyllis Schlafly, Argued

question 6

Multiple Choice

Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, like 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) be amended so as to exclude women from being drafted into the armed forces.
• D) not change anything, and so its ratification would mean nothing.

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