In 1972, feminist rights advocates such as the N.O.W. organization, made great strides to push for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to be passed by Congress. With the passing of the ERA by Congress, this led to the next step of the process, ratification by the states. It was during this step in the process when the ERA failed to make the ratification by the states, having only ratified 35 of the 38 states needed. One of the major reasons why the 1972 ERA Amendment failed to ratify was because of the efforts of Phyllis Schlafly and those who supported her. Phyllis Schlafly was a mother, homemaker and more importantly the founder of the “STOP ERA” campaign. She believed the ERA would be detrimental to the American family, and it would bring forth