What do the first two lines indicate about Hemingway’s point of view?

He thought that some things are worse than war.

He thought that war is awful.

He thought that ambulance drivers can relate to war.

In one or two sentences, summarize the author’s thesis statement about the equal rights amendment (era). how does this article excerpt give you a better understanding of the political difficulties that faced era proponents in the mid- and late 1970s?