President Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was president for these years
What is 1974 to 1977?
Betty Ford held a press conference on this date, shortly following her husbands inauguration in 1974
What is September 4, 1976?
The ratification deadline was extended in this year
What is 1978?
This president extended the ratification deadline for the ERA in 1978
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This person introduced the ERA in 1923 as the leader of the National Woman's Party
Who is Alice Paul?
Gerald Ford connected the ERA to this amendment
What is the 19th amendment?
Betty Ford used these 2 characteristics to dispel the narrative surrounding First Ladies in politics
What is direct communication and honesty?
This year saw a massive increase in STOP ERA movement
This president supported the ERA as early as 1951
Who is Richard Nixon?
Alice Paul named the initial amendment in 1923 that we now know as the ERA after this women's right activist at the time
Who is Lucretia Mott?
What is pardoning former President Nixon?
This First Lady set the precedent for press conferences and First Ladies being a figurehead for their presidential husbands
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Phyllis Schlafly founded this conservative interest group as a part of the STOP ERA movement
What is the Eagle Forum?
This president ended the conservative support for the equal rights amendment
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This person was the first black woman to run for president in 1972
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
President Ford remains the only person to become president without being _____________
What is elected president or vice president? (Became VP after Spiro Agnew, Nixon's VP resigned in 1973)
Betty Ford was elected to this position during her political career
What is no politcial position?
This state was the 35th state to ratify the ERA in 1977, signifying the high point of the ERA movement
What is Indiana?
What is "E and R" but not "A"?
ERA Day is typically celebrated on this day, lining up with the day Congress passed the amendment in 1972
What is March 22?
President Ford played collegiate football for this university
Hint- They have won a national championship in the past 10 years
Who is the University of Michigan?
Betty Ford was famously diagnosed with this cancer in 1974, just weeks after her press conference, which resulted in a massive increase of awareness for it and early detection
What is breast cancer?
Name one of the 5 states who attempted to rescind their ratification in the 1970's
Who is (one of the following) Tennessee, Nebraska, Idaho, Kentucky, South Dakota?
This president supported the ERA as a senator, sponsoring a joint resolution to ratify the ERA in Illinois
Who is Barack Obama?
This state ratified the ERA less than hours after Congress passed it in 1972
Who is Hawaii?