The Woman Who Saw it Coming
In conducting research for my upcoming book about American culture, I came across the controversial figure of Phyllis Schlafly. I remember her as someone my mother liked, as she was exactly the demographic Phyllis tried to reach: a Christian homemaker.
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National Review’s Unfortunate Attack On Phyllis Schlafly Gets Conservative History All Wrong
In National Review’s 70th Anniversary issue, there’s an article attacking the legacy of conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly. The attack on a beloved icon of the right is bad enough on its own, but what makes the whole thing especially intolerable is that it is ultimately an attack on the legacy of National Review itself.
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Happy 100th to one of the Remarkable Women in American History
Phyllis Schlafly was, in the words of the eminent conservative journalist M. Stanton Evans, a woman with “several careers–housewife, mother, media personality, political leader, and constant nemesis of women’s lib.” She was, like National Review’s founder William F. Buckley Jr., a force of nature who tirelessly worked to advance the conservative movement–she wrote 27 books, thousands of articles and op-eds, constantly traveled and lectured, and founded and ran one most successful conservative advocacy organizations, the Eagle Forum.
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“I’d like to burn you at the stake!”
In May 1973, feminist leader Betty Friedan faced off against conservative firebrand Phyllis Schlafly to debate the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.
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Phyllis Schlafly: The So-Called First Lady of Anti-Feminism
In honor of Women’s History Month 2023, this is the first installment of a series of profiles of women whose work, lifestyle, and legacy have earned them the label anti-feminist.
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Phyllis Schlafly: How She Mobilized Conservative Women to Defeat the ERA
Phyllis Schlafly was able to connect with and rally women, primarily housewives, into action, state by state, with her STOP (Stop Taking Our Privileges) ERA grassroots movement until it was defeated, a David of the day to the ERA Goliath.
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Another Reason Why ERA is DOA
April 30, 2021 Last week, North Dakota officially notified the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, and the Archivist that its ratification of the Equal Rights
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The Equality Act Is Just A Reinvented Equal Rights Amendment, And It’s Still Bad For Women
The purpose of the proposed Equality Act currently in front of Congress is to add “sexual orientation and gender identity” to the Civil Rights Act
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Eagle Forum Wins Again
Alton, IL – D.C. federal district court judge Rudolf Contreras, an Obama appointee, put yet another nail in the coffin of the long-dead Equal Rights Amendment.
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March 5, 2021 Late today, a federal district judge in the District of Columbia handed down a very important ruling involving the status of the
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A Miss on Mrs. America
by Anne Schlafly Cori, chairman, Eagle Forum and daughter of Phyllis Schlafly “Mrs. America” is a show that no one liked. Feminists did not like
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Battle lines still drawn on ERA
One hundred years after women’s right to vote was added to the Constitution, the national argument over the Equal Rights Amendment goes on. The Illinois-based
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From the Heart of America: Phyllis Schlafly
By Dissident Teacher “Mrs. America,” now showing on Hulu, presents fascinating views into Phyllis Schlafly, her opposition to the ERA and the second wave feminist
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Over the Rainbow Dinner Celebrating the Final ERA Victory
Here are ending comments from Phyllis’ speech from Over the Rainbow dinner to celebrate the demise of ERA June 30, 1982, at the Shoreham
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What Really Happened in Houston?
The Original Pro-Family Rally 20,000 women paid their own way to hear Phyllis Schlafly speak. On the other side of town, only 2,000 women attended
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Doing The Impossible – Defeating the ERA
In her own words: Learn Why and How Phyllis Schlafly Defeated the Equal Rights Amendment. Listen on Eagle Forum Speakers podcast
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Phyllis Schlafly interview on The Phil Donahue Show discussing the ERA
Phyllis Schlafly interview on The Phil Donahue Show discussing the ERA, May 1974 Mrs. Schlafly’s monthly newsletter called The Phyllis Schlafly Report was published
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Phyllis Schlafly discusses the Equal Rights Amendment on the Mike Douglas Show
Phyllis Schlafly discusses the Equal Rights Amendment on the Mike Douglas Show
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The Story of Phyllis Schlafly
On the Wings of an Eagle: The Story of Phyllis Schlafly Eagle Forum Copyright 1994 https://eagleforum.org/
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American Archive of Public Broadcasting: Woman – Equal Rights Amendment
This episode features a conversation with Phyllis Schlafly and Geline B. Williams. Schlafly is an attorney and a conservative activist known for her opposition to
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