Entry:
Mansbridge, Jane J., Why We Lost the ERA. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
Abstract:
The ERA failed to pass in part due to its supporters ignoring and not listening to potentially sympathetic parties such as liberal churches which led to a debate in which opponents talked passed one another. The struggle to pass the ERA did raise consciousness of feminist issues for men and women of all beliefs and began to raise such issues within government.
GSS Years:1972, 1974, 1976-1982, 1985
Other Data Sets:
CBS 1970; 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982; Gallup 1947, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1974-1976, 1978, 1980-1982; LAT 1981; NBC/AP 1977-1980; Census 1970; 1978; CBS/NYT 1980-82; ANES 1976-81; Harris 1976-82
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| ERAREAD |
HAS R HEARD OR READ ABOUT ERA |
| ERAMEANS |
DOES R UNDERSTAND WHAT ERA MEANS |
| ERA |
DOES R FAVOR OR OPPOSE ERA? |
| ERATELL |
DOES R FAVOR OR OPPOSE ERA |
| FEPRESCH |
PRESCHOOL KIDS SUFFER IF MOTHER WORKS |
| FEHELP |
WIFE SHOULD HELP HUSBANDS CAREER FIRST |
| FECHLD |
MOTHER WORKING DOESNT HURT CHILDREN |
| ABSINGLE |
NOT MARRIED |
| FEPOL |
WOMEN NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS |
| FEHOME |
WOMEN TAKE CARE OF HOME NOT COUNTRY |
| FEPRES |
VOTE FOR WOMAN PRESIDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |
| DEGREE |
RS HIGHEST DEGREE |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| ATTEND |
HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES |
| CHLDIDEL |
IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| FEWORK |
SHOULD WOMEN WORK |
| WRKSTAT |
LABOR FRCE STATUS |
| RACPRES |
WOULD VOTE FOR BLACK PRESIDENT |
| PREMARSX |
SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE |
| RACMAR |
FAVOR LAW AGAINST RACIAL INTERMARRIAGE |
| COMMUN |
FEELINGS ABOUT COMMUNISM |
| CAPPUN |
FAVOR OR OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER |
| COURTS |
COURTS DEALING WITH CRIMINALS |
| PRAYER |
BIBLE PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
| FIGHTLND |
WOMEN IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT |
| NATFARE |
WELFARE |
| NATENVIR |
IMPROVING & PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT |
| NATCITY |
SOLVING PROBLEMS OF BIG CITIES |
| NATEDUC |
IMPROVING NATIONS EDUCATION SYSTEM |
| NATARMS |
"MILITARY |
| SPWRKSTA |
SPOUSE LABOR FORCE STATUS |
| ERAWHY1 |
1ST REASON FAVOR-OPPOSE ERA |
| ERAWHY2 |
2ND REASON FAVOR-OPPOSE ERA |
| ERAWHY3 |
3RD REASON FAVOR-OPPOSE ERA |
| ABANY |
ABORTION IF WOMAN WANTS FOR ANY REASON |