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Introduce class members to Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, activist, writer, and lecturer Gloria Steinem with a PBS resource that not only investigates Steinem's ancestry but also encourages learners to trace their own.
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- Have groups investigate and report on Steinem's arguments for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment as well as the views of Phyllis Schlafly who lead the opposition to the passage
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