but proponents of schlafley were now taking her -- excuse me, opponents of schlafley were now taking her seriously. and the admitted publicly that the had failed to win over the average homemaker. simply put, schlafley had outmaneuvered her opponents. and at first as i've already mentioned she drew support from republican women across the country. but as the movement began to gain strength, she very effectively, she and her organization, were able to bring average women who had not been previously involved in the political arena into this arena over the fight of e.r.a. and then schlafley and her organization tapped into a new constituency, and this was an important constituency for the republican party, it turns out. that is, she was able to involve evangelical christians and roman catholic liccatholics and more s into the fight against e.r.a. most of these women were mothers without political experience but the had something going for them as organizers. first of all, as church members the brought public speaking skills, and the were also used to converting unbelievers. equally impo