Book contents
- A Century of Votes for Women
- A Century of Votes for Women
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Women at the Polls
- Chapter 2 Women Without the Vote
- Chapter 3 Explaining Women Voters
- Chapter 4 Enter the Women Voters
- Chapter 5 Feminine Mystique and the American Voter
- Chapter 6 Feminism Resurgent
- Chapter 7 The Discovery of the Gender Gap
- Chapter 8 Women Voters in the New Millennium
- Chapter 9 A Century of Votes for Women
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 7 - The Discovery of the Gender Gap
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2020
Book contents
- A Century of Votes for Women
- A Century of Votes for Women
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Women at the Polls
- Chapter 2 Women Without the Vote
- Chapter 3 Explaining Women Voters
- Chapter 4 Enter the Women Voters
- Chapter 5 Feminine Mystique and the American Voter
- Chapter 6 Feminism Resurgent
- Chapter 7 The Discovery of the Gender Gap
- Chapter 8 Women Voters in the New Millennium
- Chapter 9 A Century of Votes for Women
- Notes
- Index
Summary
In the wake of the presidential election of 1980, the women’s movement was at a crossroads. The victorious Republican party had removed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the defining feminist issue of the time, from its platform after nearly 40 years of support, and, for the first time, added an unequivocal statement in opposition to abortion rights. New president Ronald Reagan was strongly supported by Phyllis Schlafly, the well-known anti-feminist activist and organizer.
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- A Century of Votes for WomenAmerican Elections Since Suffrage, pp. 159 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020