PBS and AOL: Remove Phyllis Schlafly from makers.com

The Issue

Makers.com’s website and film, which claims to feature women who brought about positive change for women in this country since the mid-sixties, includes Phyllis Schlafly as a “Groundbreaker.” Phyllis Schlafly was not and is not a groundbreaker for women. She fought tooth and nail for decades to stop any advances for women and continues to do so. Some even credit her with stopping ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Calling Schlafly a groundbreaker for women is like calling George Wallace a groundbreaker for civil rights.

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The Issue

Makers.com’s website and film, which claims to feature women who brought about positive change for women in this country since the mid-sixties, includes Phyllis Schlafly as a “Groundbreaker.” Phyllis Schlafly was not and is not a groundbreaker for women. She fought tooth and nail for decades to stop any advances for women and continues to do so. Some even credit her with stopping ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Calling Schlafly a groundbreaker for women is like calling George Wallace a groundbreaker for civil rights.

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The Decision Makers

Tim Armstrong
Tim Armstrong
AOL CEO
Paula Kerger
Paula Kerger
PBS CEO
Betsy West
Betsy West
Makers.com filmmaker
Dyllan McGee
Dyllan McGee
Makers.com filmmaker
Sharon Rockefeller
Sharon Rockefeller
WETA CEO
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Petition created on October 30, 2012