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?

AThey worried about a backlash against women if feminists gained power too quickly.
BThey believed that women already enjoyed more power than men in many areas of life.
CThey were worried that ratification of the ERA would erase legal benefits women had gained during the 1960s.
DThey did not think the ERA was strong enough

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Hussain514 Hussain514 · Answer 1 · 2016-10-20T10:05:08-04:00

CThey were worried that ratification of the ERA would erase legal benefits women had gained during the 1960s.
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rdsalazardocente rdsalazardocente · Answer 2 · 2019-01-01T17:31:17-05:00

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

The correct answer is C. They were worried that ratification of the ERA would erase legal benefits women had gained during the 1960s.

Mary Anderson and the Women’s Bureau led the opposite side to ERA. They argued that benefits like minimum wages, safety regulations, minimum of hours per day and week, time for eating during work, and maternity provisions have to be kept. It was considered that these small protections women had long ago were going to be lost if ERA was approved. Era would take away these benefits from working women leaving them without the capacity to improve their conditions in the future.