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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]
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.
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 ...
In 2016, Martin co-authored The Conservative Case for Trump with Phyllis Schlafly and Brett M. Decker. [36] Martin was a CNN contributor in 2017. [37] In 2018, he moved to Great Falls, Virginia, where he ran unsuccessfully for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. [38]
Phyllis Schlafly forms the "STOP (Stop Taking Our Privileges) ERA" movement; it blocks passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). [ 106 ] Robert L. Bartley (1937–2003) becomes editor of the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal ; he retires in 2002 after writing and supervising tens of thousands of editorials taking a conservative ...
Such supporters argued that while the public face of the anti-ERA movement was Phyllis Schlafly and her STOP ERA organization, there were other important groups in the opposition as well, such as the powerful National Council of Catholic Women, labor feminists [citation needed] and (until 1973) the AFL–CIO. Steinem blamed the insurance ...
The nationally involved anti-ERA leader Phyllis Schlafly was also directly involved in the movement against the ERA in Utah. Schlafly organized the National Committee to Stop ERA in 1972, and in 1975 the group became the Eagle Forum. [4] The Eagle Forum became a popular network for anti-ERA women in Utah.