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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]
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 ...
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The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
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 ...
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]