Support and Resistance to the Women's Movement
Support: National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest group of female activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 members across 550 chapters in all 50 states. According to their website, "NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society." It was founded in 1966 by a group of women including Betty Frieden and Pauli Murray. They endorse laws, hold conferences, and work on campuses across the country, spreading their message of awareness of women's issues and achieving equality for women across the nation. They consider one of their biggest successes to be the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion.
To learn more visit http://www.now.orgweeblylink_new_window
To learn more visit http://www.now.orgweeblylink_new_window
Resistance: The Eagle Forum and Phyllis Schlafly
The Eagle Forum is a conservative interest group in the United States focusing mainly on social issues. The group was founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1967. It is pro-family, pro-life, and anti-feminist. The group promotes women's role as "fulltime homemakers", and is opposed to same-sex marriage. It is vocal in advocating public policy issues consistent with its principles. For example, the group actively opposed the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in 1972. In its arguments against the ERA, Ms. Schlafly stated that the ERA would actually take away some of women's rights by requiring women to be drafted into military combat any time men were conscripted, abolishing the presumption that the husband should support his wife and taking away Social Security benefits for wives and widows. Ms. Schlafly also argued that the ERA would give federal courts and the federal government enormous new powers to re-interpret every law that makes a distinction based on gender, such as those related to marriage, divorce and alimony." The ERA was never ratified.
Phyllis Schlafly is still active in politics today.Ms. Schlafly has been President of the Eagle Forum since its founding. She has written or edited 20 books. She publishes a monthly newsletter called The Phyllis Schlafly Report that has been published monthly since 1967 and writes syndicated columns that appear in over 100 newspapers. Through her opposition campaign, speaking tours and writings, Ms. Schlafly was the most visible and effective opponent of the ERA in the 1970s and is widely credited with stopping it from being ratified by its legislative deadline.
According to its Mission Statement:
Eagle Forum exposes the radical feminists
We support constitutional amendments and federal and state legislation to protect the institution of marriage and the equally important roles of father and mother.We honor the fulltime homemaker and her rights in joint income tax returns.
We oppose the feminist goals of stereotyping men as a constant danger to women, while at the same time pushing women into military combat against foreign enemies.
Eagle Forum successfully led the ten-year battle to defeat the misnamed Equal Rights Amendment with its hidden agenda of tax-funded abortions and same-sex marriages.
To learn more about the Eagle forum, visit http://www.eagleforum.org/weeblylink_new_window
Phyllis Schlafly is still active in politics today.Ms. Schlafly has been President of the Eagle Forum since its founding. She has written or edited 20 books. She publishes a monthly newsletter called The Phyllis Schlafly Report that has been published monthly since 1967 and writes syndicated columns that appear in over 100 newspapers. Through her opposition campaign, speaking tours and writings, Ms. Schlafly was the most visible and effective opponent of the ERA in the 1970s and is widely credited with stopping it from being ratified by its legislative deadline.
Eagle Forum exposes the radical feminists
We support constitutional amendments and federal and state legislation to protect the institution of marriage and the equally important roles of father and mother.We honor the fulltime homemaker and her rights in joint income tax returns.
We oppose the feminist goals of stereotyping men as a constant danger to women, while at the same time pushing women into military combat against foreign enemies.
Eagle Forum successfully led the ten-year battle to defeat the misnamed Equal Rights Amendment with its hidden agenda of tax-funded abortions and same-sex marriages.