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As we all know Shirley temple Black won her party's nomination for congress in 1968 in a nail-biter primary against liberal Pete McCloseky.She would later go on to be nominated for Vice President By George HW Bush in 1988 in a bold move. She went on to help him win re election 1992 by helping him carry California. She went on to win the Presidency for herself in 1996 and 2000 riding on a strong economy . What if she lost in '68 would the ERA passed without a strong Female opponent to dissuade a majority of moderate women that it would cause more harm than good, would the Supreme court have overturned Roe v. Wade in 2002, and would suburban women be a strong Conservative Republican block without her?
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