Laurie’s Reviews > The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House > Status Update

Even the Democrats most stalwart constituency-women-felt by and large betrayed that Carter had given only lukewarm support to the Equal Rights Amendment, opposed a constitutional amendment to legalize abortion, fired the popular Midge Cortana as presidential assistant, clashed with the indomitable Bella Abzug, and failed to mention women at all in his plan to stimulate the economy.