From The Pennsylvania Gazette, alumnai magazine of the University of Pennsylvania:

The Rise of the Female Right
What Sarah Palin’s candidacy says about
the growing role of women in conservative politics.

upenn.edu

“The history of the United States is rich with examples of women organizing to oppose feminist activism and to engage in conservative and right-wing activities. Female activists challenged other women’s attempts to win suffrage, formed into Women of the Ku Klux Klan, and perhaps mostly famously, led a successful campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).”