According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. Many women today have the equality that women decades ago, strived for. The women’s suffrage movement was the beginning of a revolution for women and played a pivotal role in fighting for equality. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was one of the first documents that created a turning point for equality between men and women. It was first proposed in the 1920s but was it was unsuccessfully presented to every session of congress between 1923 and 1970. It states that “equality of right under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Many women fought …show more content…
Phyllis Schlafly stood against everything that the Women’s Movement fought for. Schlafly argued that the ERA would take away protection that women had, such as child support, drafting to the military, and legal protections under divorce and marriage laws. She then formed an organization to prevent the ERA ratification called STOP ERA. Schlafly also had an alternative called Eagle Forum and made it out to be “women’s lib.” She knew how to rile the feminists by speeches and saying “ I would like to thank my husband and thank him for letting me come here, I say that because it irritates the women’s libbers” In between these events, the women's liberation movement started to overrun America. The women’s movement attracted women of all races, religions, and political beliefs. Women prioritized uniting one another by going mainstream. Susan Brownmiller, a famous feminist in the sixties and seventies, was an important figure during this time. Brownmiller made an appearance on a television show discussing the matters of the liberal women's movement. Because this movement was extremely intense, TIME awarded their “ Man of Year” to American Women in