"The Right to Be a Woman"

Journal article

By: Phyllis Schlafly

Date: November 1972

Source: Schlafly, Phyllis. "The Right to Be a Woman." The Phyllis Schlafly Report 6, no. 4, November 1972, 1, 3–4.

About the Author: Phyllis Schlafly (1924–) graduated from Harvard University with a master's in art in 1945 and from Washington University Law School in 1978. She is most known for her conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). She also has been a broadcaster for CBS and a television commentator, along with authoring over a dozen books. Self-described as a housewife and mother of six, she also ran for Congress three times and campaigned for Barry Goldwater and Joseph McCarthy.

Introduction

Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and other factors has existed since the nation's founding. Considering the issue of gender, the few places that allowed women to vote...

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