Hill states it is “the removal the discrimination” not “the methods by which they are removed” is what is important. She brings to light numerous situations in which men hold more control than women. These instances included, but were not limited to, various states denying working women their own income if married, the husband of a household controlling where his wife may live, and men could dictate where their wives voted. To Elise Hill, and many others, “the legal discrimination against women as mothers was more serious than the discrimination against them as wives”. In different states, the father was able to “will away the guardianship of a child from his mother”, and there were some that gave the father “sole guardianship” of the children. These laws gave the “father alone” authority to “decide what church and school a child shall attend”, and what his career would turn out to be, leaving the mother with no say. Hill advocated for the beridding of these laws with one swift stroke. Elsie Hill backed the Equal Rights Amendment as a fix-all, blanket bill to bring an end to all these ridiculous laws depriving women of their
Hill states it is “the removal the discrimination” not “the methods by which they are removed” is what is important. She brings to light numerous situations in which men hold more control than women. These instances included, but were not limited to, various states denying working women their own income if married, the husband of a household controlling where his wife may live, and men could dictate where their wives voted. To Elise Hill, and many others, “the legal discrimination against women as mothers was more serious than the discrimination against them as wives”. In different states, the father was able to “will away the guardianship of a child from his mother”, and there were some that gave the father “sole guardianship” of the children. These laws gave the “father alone” authority to “decide what church and school a child shall attend”, and what his career would turn out to be, leaving the mother with no say. Hill advocated for the beridding of these laws with one swift stroke. Elsie Hill backed the Equal Rights Amendment as a fix-all, blanket bill to bring an end to all these ridiculous laws depriving women of their