HIST 3349 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, California Proposition 187, Hoover Institution
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1971: national women"s political committee: friedan, g. steinem, b. abzug. 1972: democratic platform endorses an era (maintained to present: republican support, 1944-1980, passed congress; nixon, ford and carter approval, never achieves 3/4 state ratification. Phyllis schifly (1924-: 1952: runs fro congress, 1964: a choice, not an echo, goldwater, 1967: eagle forum, 1972: stop-era campaign. Draft, maternity, anti-family, etc: 1978: law degree, 1980: regan campaign and moral majority. Roe v wade-example of how the supreme court doesn"t necessary change minds- possibly enflamed issues. 1965: griswold v connecticut: right to contraception, marital privacy. 1970: norma mccorvey (tx case; orig. argued rape; girl was adopted) 1971:americans united for life: roe supreme court decision (7-2): property; privacy; viability. 1976: hyde amendment (no federal funding for abortion) Focus on the family and the moral majority. 1977: focus on the family- started focusing on repairing families of divorce- not set up for national platform originally: james dobson (1936-, more political after reagan.
