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I am a Housewife!: A Housewife is the Most Important Person in the World(1972)
This anti-feminist and anti-ERA book argues that the housewife is the most important person in the world and that the women’s liberation movement is the threatening all that we hold dear (see the image of the women’s liberation bomb dropping on the home). Authored by Jacquie Davison, the booklet discusses the founding of H.O.W. (or the Happiness of Women organization) that sought to counteract N.O.W. and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.
Davison believed that women could find happiness only in the home, men were the ultimate decision makers, and that women did not need to be liberated from anything. Her organization’s goals included keeping sex ed out of schools, getting prayers back in school, and stopping the legalization of marijuana. The book also includes an essay from Phyllis Schlafly listing the reasons why American women are the most privileged people in the world. One reason is the financial benefits of chivalry. Fan letters (from both men and women) to H.O.W. are also included. One women writes that “this equal rights lib is for the birds.”
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#Rally4Equality2014
http://rallyhub.wearewoman.us/
September 13th, 2014
Washington, D.C.
West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Bldg.
- See more at: http://we-are-woman.tumblr.com/#sthash.Qi92zsVT.dpu
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Join us Tuesday, October 4 at 7pm for a film screening of @equalmeansequalmovie, which looks at how women are treated in the United States today, and presents a compelling and persuasive argument for the urgency of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. The film argues that outdated and discriminatory attitudes inform and influence issues such as workplace harassment, domestic violence, foster care, healthcare, the judicial system, and the inadequacy of present laws that claim to protect women.
Following the film screening will be a discussion with Kamala Lopez, Director, Equal Means Equal, Eleanor Smeal, President and a Co-founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation; Bettina Hager, DC Director of the ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality; and Bridget Brown, Executive Director, National Association of Workforce Development Professionals.
Presented by the @usnatarchives in partnership with the Alice Paul Institute.
Presented by the National Archives in conjunction with the exhibition, Amending America.
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