Ashley Herzog  Before Schlafly discovered it, the ERA had
steamrolled through Congress, and most Americans preferred to
jump on the feminist bandwagon rather than ask questions.
Schlafly defeated the ERA by pointing out that it had nothing to
offer women. Feminists have never been able to disprove
Schlafly’s main argument: the ERA would only revoke privileges
women enjoyed, such as exemption from the military draft, while
granting them no new rights. When feminists denigrated Schlafly
for not having a law degree, she enrolled in law school—and
graduated near the top of her class.  Part of the feminists’
resentment towards Schlafly might stem from the fact that she
accomplished these things while raising six children. Throughout
the sixties and seventies, many feminists pushed the idea that
women needed to reject marriage and motherhood in order to
become truly liberated—and are now writing depressing books
about how unhappy they are. (See the book Motherhood Deferred by
Anne Taylor Fleming.) Schlafly’s life s