Question

The excerpt below comes from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):

Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

Which statement explains why some women's rights activists opposed passage of the ERA? (4 points)

Answer 1

They worried about a backlash against women if feminists gained power too quickly.
They believed that women already enjoyed more power than men in many areas of life.
They were worried that ratification of the ERA would erase legal benefits women had gained during the 1960s.
They did not think the ERA was strong enough to succeed in stamping out the sexism that existed in American society.