27. Document Project 27: The New Right and Its Critics

Quiz for Document 27.6 Phyllis Schlafly, “What’s Wrong with ‘Equal Rights’ for Women?” 1972

Quiz for Document 27.6: Phyllis Schlafly, “What’s Wrong with ‘Equal Rights’ for Women?” 1972

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. In what way is Phyllis Schlafly reflective of the New Right conservatives of the late 1900s?

Her pro-civil rights stance

Her anti-states’ rights argument

Her religious motivations

Her pro-energy regulations

2. How does Phyllis Schlafly justify the domestic status of women?

Women have more responsibilities at home, so it is natural.

The world revolves around the home, so women are powerful.

Men put women in the home on a pedestal, so they are special.

Women are more physically fragile and must be protected.

3. What did Schlafly see as the most important roles for women?

Wife and mother

Breadwinner

Teachers and nurses

Lawyers

4. What is ironic about Schlafly’s views toward the importance of women in the domestic sphere?

She did not own a home.

She was never a wife or mother.

She believed women were superior to men.

She worked outside of the home.

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