And in the 1970s and 1980s, conservative women invoked patriotic motherhood to argue against the equal rights amendment, saying it would unhinge the structure of the family and a woman's privileged place (their argument) in American society.

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Their chief lawyer, Bernard Cohen, had based his case in the end on the equal-rights clause of the 14th amendment, and was keen that the Lovings should listen to him speak.

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In the 1970s, the Democratic and Republican parties supported a wide array of women's rights policies, including an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, publicly funded child care and equal pay for women.

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