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  Association of the W's membership form.

  Membership application form for the Association of the W's, Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 1974, Women Who Want to be Women was a conservative women’s political organization that opposed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and advocated anti-feminism, traditional family, and religious fundamentalism. The organization, which went by several names, including the W’s, the Association of the W’s, and WWWW, evolved into a national organization under the name Pro-Family Forum and was part of a national countermovement to feminism that emerged in the early 1970s as a response to the women’s rights movement’s initial successes with the ERA.

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  Eagle Forum, 1977

  August 1977 issue of "Eagle Forum: the alternative to women's lib", the newsletter of Eagle Forum, the conservative advocacy group based in Alton, Illinois and led by Phyllis Schlafly from 1972 to 2016. Included pieces on getting pro-family books into libraries, International Women's Year state conferences, and the Displaced Homemaker's Bill.

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  Eagle Forum membership form

  Membership application form of Eagle Forum, the conservative advocacy group based in Alton, Illinois, and led by Phyllis Schlafly from 1972 to 2016, circa 1977.

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  Equal Rights Amendment: A Trojan Horse, 1976

  A small booklet (5.5" x 3") titled "The Equal Rights Amendment: A Trojan Horse" by Vic Lockman and published by Eagle Forum, Alton, Illinois, in 1976. The 12-page booklet of cartoons explains the threat of the Equal Rights Amendment to women and families.

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  Family Day Rally program, Houston, 1977

  Program of the Family Day Rally held at the Astro-Arena, Houston, Texas, on November 19, 1977. The rally was held in opposition to the National Women's Conference being held in the city at the same time.

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  News release by Tennessee contingent to Pro-Family Rally, 1977

  News release, dated November 18, 1977, issued by the Tennessee contingent of women travelling in dozens of buses to Houston, Texas, to participate in the Pro-Family Rally there protesting the National Women's Conference being held in the city.

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  Pamphlet opposing ERA, circa 1977

  Pamphlet titled" You Can't Fool Mother Nature: STOP ERA" published by STOP ERA, Alton, Illinois, circa 1977. Opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment, STOP ERA was organized by Phyllis Schlafly. STOP stood for "Stop Taking Our Privileges"

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  Phyllis Schlafly Report, 11:1:2, 1977

  Vol. 11, No. 1, Section 2 of "The Phyllis Schlafly Report" published in Alton, Illinois, in August 1977. This edition of the newsletter focused on the wasted money for, and the unrepresentative nature of, the state conferences and forthcoming national conference sponsored by the national Commission on International Women's Year. Also included is a copy of Vol. 11, No.5, Section 2 published in December 1977 that reported on the national conference in Houston and the Pro-Family Rally held in opposition to it at the same time. Shirley Curry's role in organizing the Tennessee contingent to the rally is mentioned.