Question

Before the National Organization for Women was founded, efforts to gain equal rights for women resulted in
the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
fairer educational funding for men and women.
few changes by either the government or employers.
a surprising reduction of women in the workforce.

Answer 1

few changes by either the government or employers.

Explanation: efforts before NOW (founded 1966) produced little concrete legal or workplace reform—although the ERA was proposed in 1923 it was not ratified, and widespread government/employer changes didn’t occur until later activism.