 Although she believed that rearing the family was a shared responsibility between men and women, Spafford was cautious in both her words and actions to not fully support or endorse the women's rights movements of the 1970s.In 1972, she stated, "Anything that gets out of control becomes a hazard, whether it's fire, flood, or women's lib".She went on to say that "we want to preserve the nobility, dignity, and femininity of women; there's a danger of some of that being lost.