During the Congressional fight for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, reactionary opponents included a rider specifically targeting discrimination by gender as illegal. They were sure that inclusion of such language would doom the bill in a male chauvinist Congress. It didn't. It passed, gender provisions intact. The rest is history.
Thank you, Wing nuts, tireless champions of Feminism. The always cute but feisty, little preborn spirit of Sarah Palin, must surely have been guiding you that day.
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