I am a Housewife!: A Housewife is the Most Important Person in the World (1972) This anti-femi
I am a Housewife!: A Housewife is the Most Important Person in the World (1972) This anti-feminist and anti-ERA book argues that the housewife is the most important person in the world and that the women’s liberation movement is the threatening all that we hold dear (see the image of the women’s liberation bomb dropping on the home). Authored by Jacquie Davison, the booklet discusses the founding of H.O.W. (or the Happiness of Women organization) that sought to counteract N.O.W. and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.Davison believed that women could find happiness only in the home, men were the ultimate decision makers, and that women did not need to be liberated from anything. Her organization’s goals included keeping sex ed out of schools, getting prayers back in school, and stopping the legalization of marijuana. The book also includes an essay from Phyllis Schlafly listing the reasons why American women are the most privileged people in the world. One reason is the financial benefits of chivalry. Fan letters (from both men and women) to H.O.W. are also included. One women writes that “this equal rights lib is for the birds.” -- source link
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