| | ERA was aggressively pushed by powerful Senator Ted Kennedy, Presidents Truman<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Archive/Wit_Wisdom_Harry_Civil_Rights.htm The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman], by Ralph Keyes, p.100-101 , Oct 12, 1999</ref> and Eisenhower, President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, 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, Presidents Truman<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Archive/Wit_Wisdom_Harry_Civil_Rights.htm The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman], by Ralph Keyes, p.100-101 , Oct 12, 1999</ref> and Eisenhower, President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, 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]]. |