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Schlafly believed that the primary role of a woman should be that of wife, mother, and homemaker rather than career woman. [55] She also believed that motherhood is crucial to the well-being of society, stating: "[Motherhood] is the most socially useful role of all" [ 54 ] and "the dependent wife and mother who cares for her own children ...
A historian helps us sort through what's fact and what's fiction in "Mrs. America" episode one, "Phyllis."
Mrs. America dramatizes the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.Through the eyes of the women of that era – both Schlafly and prominent second-wave feminists including Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series explores how one of the ...
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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Schlafly is one of six children. [3] His great-great-grandfather August Schlafly was a Swiss immigrant to the United States. His father Fred Schlafly was an attorney, and his mother Phyllis (née Stewart) spearheaded the movement opposing the Equal Rights Amendment and was founder of the Eagle Forum.
Suzanne Venker (born March 28, 1968), [1] is an American non-fiction author and radio host at KXFN. [2] She has authored several books. [3] [4]She co-wrote The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know – and Men Can't Say with her late aunt, the conservative lawyer and activist Phyllis Schlafly.