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Democrats complicit in GOP's anti-women agenda
April 09, 2012
April 09, 2012
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in advance of similar reforms by the Democrats. Margaret Chase Smith, a Maine Republican, was the only woman senator for 24 years, and became the first woman to run for president. Dwight Eisenhower appointed more women to top posts than John F. Kennedy did.
The GOP's stance shifted in the 1970s: Republicans played to the backlash against Roe v. Wade and feminism in the later part of that decade, and Ronald Reagan gratified the religious right by abandoning the GOP's long-held support for the Equal Rights Amendment. The bitter struggles by Republican women to combat their party's rightward tilt and
in advance of similar reforms by the Democrats. Margaret Chase Smith, a Maine Republican, was the only woman senator for 24 years, and became the first woman to run for president. Dwight Eisenhower appointed more women to top posts than John F. Kennedy did.
The GOP's stance shifted in the 1970s: Republicans played to the backlash against Roe v. Wade and feminism in the later part of that decade, and Ronald Reagan gratified the religious right by abandoning the GOP's long-held support for the Equal Rights Amendment. The bitter struggles by Republican women to combat their party's rightward tilt and
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