27. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 27: Women’s Liberation

**Quiz for Document 27.5: Phyllis Schlafly, What’s Wrong with “Equal Rights” for Women? (1972)**

Quiz for Document 27.5: Phyllis Schlafly, What’s Wrong with “Equal Rights” for Women? (1972)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. With which of the following statements would Phyllis Schlafly most likely agree?

American women are as capable as men in both business and domestic affairs.

American women benefit from the fact that society places them on a pedestal.

American women are inferior to men and need them for protection and assistance.

American women are especially privileged because they have natural female ingenuity.

2. In her analysis, Phyllis Schlafly suggests that for American women housework is

boring but the necessary price women must pay in exchange for men’s chivalry.

fulfilling and part of women’s natural roles as mothers and caretakers.

a privilege that women gain from men’s willingness to take care of them.

easy, thanks to the innovations produced by the free enterprise system.

3. Which of the following terms does Phyllis Schlafly use to describe feminists in her essay?

Straggly-haired women

Man haters

Enemies of chivalry

Godless conspirators

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