Under the Articles of Confederation, no provisions were made for an executive branch to enforce the laws nor for a national court system to interpret them. A legislative Congress was the sole organ of the national government, but it had no power to force the states to do anything against their will. Hopefully this helped (:
Many women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling "empowered to seek social and economic equality" This was considered one of the most influential feminist books of all time.
