ERA was aggressively pushed by powerful Senator Ted Kennedy, President and Mrs. Gerald Ford, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, and all major news outlets, and yet was defeated by a group of housewives led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. | ERA was aggressively pushed by powerful Senator Ted Kennedy, President and Mrs. Gerald Ford, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, and all major news outlets, and yet was defeated by a group of housewives led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. |