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Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (/ ˈ ʃ l æ f l i /; born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart; August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was an American attorney, conservative activist, [2] and anti-feminist, [2] who was nationally prominent in conservatism. [3]
Schlafly's fight to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment has recently been dramatized in FX on Hulu's Mrs. America, with Cate Blanchett playing the STOP ERA founder.
In 1967, Phyllis Schlafly launched the Eagle Trust Fund for receiving donations related to conservative causes. [4] After the 1972 proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Schlafly reorganized her efforts to defeat its ratification, founding the group "Stop ERA" [8] and starting the Eagle Forum Newsletter. In 1975, Stop ERA was renamed the ...
Phyllis Schlafly wearing a "STOP ERA" badge at an anti-ERA rally on February 4, 1977. The book helped create space within the Republican Party for the modern conservative movement that eventually stopped the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.
Cate Blanchett plays the conservative firebrand who led a successful campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment in FX on Hulu's 'Mrs. America.' Who Was Phyllis Schlafly, 'First Lady of the ...
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Phyllis Schlafly. As a conservative, Phyllis Schlafly argued that the female gender is actually privileged, and that women have "the most rights and rewards, and the fewest duties." [2] She advocated for women to stay out of politics and the workplace. She argued against feminists and claimed that they actually take away rights from women. [2]
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