between phyllis schlafly and betty friedan on the equal rights amendment. this is conservative activist schlafly who was, at the time, the chairwoman of the "stop era" campaign. >> the e.r.a. is a big attack on the rights of the homemaker. the laws of every state make it the obligation of the husband to support his wife, to provide her with a home, to support their minor children. the woman in the home country also security benefits based on her husband's earnings, even though she is been a home acre all her life. all of these things will be lost when you apply a rule that says everything must be equal. now until you can make it equal for men to have a baby just like women, then it is a double burden to the women to say the rules for family support should be equal on the husband and thee wifefe. e.r.a. ends up in taking away the right of the wife to be supported by her husband. amy: that is phyllis schlafly. the conservative activist. but that is what someone is going to have to say if they're going to say no to it today. talk about why you feel it is critical today and even talk about