![]() ![]() By the end of 1977, their single-issue campaign against ERA ratification had morphed into a multifaceted “Pro-Family Movement” against “ungodly” feminism supported by the federal government, and intent on “taking back their country” via the Republican Party. After mobilizing to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), they remained active in politics, demonstrating the power of antifeminism to politicize and unite religious conservatives. As I argue in my book Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values that Polarized American Politics, in the 1970s, white conservative women played a major role in moving the GOP to the right. ![]() These women have been important in Republican politics, and not just as voters. But as Republicans hasten to point out, white married women have tended to vote for them instead. Yes, the “woman’s vote” tends to go to the Democrats. This shouldn’t really have been shocking. ![]() And among white women, Trump beat Clinton 53 to 43 percent. Many experts had therefore predicted women would rally around Clinton in a display of gender solidarity, yet in 2016 she got only 54 percent of women’s vote. Mothers Of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy By Elizabeth Gillespie McRae Īfter the 2016 election, many Americans expressed shock that large numbers of women voted for Donald Trump, a man known for vulgar sexism, anti-feminist positions, and admitted groping. ![]()
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