“s roles are different and should remain so. She defended her stance as one necessary to order instead of a threat to equality; she said,”
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Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney and activist who was nationally prominent in conservatism. She opposed feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and campaigned against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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culture · American activist (1924–2016) · radio personality · lawyer · political activist · journalist · writer · politician · anti-abortion activist · jurist · activist · also Phyllis Schlafly, Phyllis Stewart, Phyllis Stewart Schlafly, Phyllis McAlpin Stewart, Schlafly
Born 15 August 1924 · Died 5 September 2016 · Q434669
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 2,791 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 600, with 0 article edits.
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Fox News: Phyllis Schlafly was right: America must put babies and mothers first
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Phyllis Schlafly
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2020· 4 entries
The Cheat Sheet: Phyllis Schlafly’s Daughter Thinks Cate Blanchett ‘Misunderstood’ Her Mother with Her ‘Cold’ and ‘Cruel’ Portrayal In ‘Mrs. America’
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Yahoo: Who Was Phyllis Schlafly, 'First Lady of the Conservative Movement'?
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Fox News: Anne Schlafly Cori: Phyllis Schlafly was not only a leader, she was mom. Here’s the truth about her
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New York Post: How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment
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2019· 1 entry
Yahoo: Meet Phyllis Schlafly, the Woman Who Rallied Other Women Against...the Equal Rights Amendment?!
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2018· 1 entry
JD Supra: Brewery Defeats Trademark Opposition by Conservative Public Figure Phyllis Schlafly
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2016· 8 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Phyllis Schlafly once said, "There will be a woman president over my dead body."” False.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Phyllis Schlafly, conservative icon and ERA foe, dies at 92
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At her home in Ladue, Missouri, at the age of 92
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Died 2016-09-05.
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Endorsed Donald Trump's candidacy for president
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Schlafly died of cancer on September 5, 2016, at her home in Ladue, Missouri, at the age of 92.
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“Opis: przewidując brak nominacji dla Schlafly do administracji Ronalda Reagana, pomimo jej kompetencji i zasług dla Partii Republikańskiej”
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“The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.”
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2012· 2 entries
Schlafly announced that she would be voting for Rick Santorum in that year's Missouri Republican primary
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“s Missouri Republican primary. In 2016, she endorsed Donald Trump”
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2008· 1 entry
The trustees of Washington University in St
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2007· 1 entry
While working to defeat a new version of the Equal Rights Amendment, Schlafly warned it would force courts to approve same-sex marriages and deny Social Security benefits for housewives and widows
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2006· 1 entry
Attributed improvement in women's lives during the last decades of the 20th century to labor-saving devices such as the indoor clothes dryer and disposable diapers
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2005· 1 entry
Schlafly made headlines at a conference for the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration by suggesting that "Congress ought to talk about impeachment" of Justice Anthony Kennedy, citing as specific grounds
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1996· 1 entry
To send 20,000 American troops to Bosnia during the Yugoslav Wars
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1995· 1 entry
Referred to it as "a cause for mourning, not celebration
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1992· 1 entry
Their eldest son, lawyer John Schlafly, was outed as gay by Queer Week magazine
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1989· 1 entry
Began hosting a weekly radio talk show, Eagle Forum Live
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1983· 1 entry
Began creating syndicated daily 3-minute commentaries for radio
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1978· 2 entries
“I have cancelled speeches whenever my husband thought that I had been away from home too much.”
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"I have cancelled speeches whenever my husband thought that I had been away from home too much
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1972· 2 entries
Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum, a conservative political interest group, and remained its chair and CEO until her death in 2016, while staying active in conservative causes
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When Schlafly began her campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, the ERA had already been ratified by 28 of the required 38 states
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1970· 1 entry
Ran unsuccessfully for Illinois's 23rd congressional district, losing to Democratic incumbent George E
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1967· 1 entry
Schlafly lost a bid for the presidency of the National Federation of Republican Women against the more moderate candidate Gladys O'Donnell of California
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1965· 1 entry
“a ballistics gunner and technician at the largest ammunition plant in the world”
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1961· 1 entry
Wrote that "[arms control] will not stop Red aggression any more than disarming our local police will stop murder, theft, and rape
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1960· 1 entry
The episode sees Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) agreeing to participate in a live radio commercial for Schlafly
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1957· 1 entry
In writing the "American Bar Association's Report on Communist Tactics, Strategy, and Objectives
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1952· 1 entry
Schlafly ran for Congress as a Republican in the majority Democratic 24th congressional district of Illinois
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1949· 1 entry
Married attorney John Fred Schlafly Jr
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1946· 1 entry
Schlafly became a researcher for the American Enterprise Institute and worked in the successful United States House of Representatives campaign of Republican Claude I
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1945· 1 entry
After attending Harvard, she received a Master of Arts degree in government from Radcliffe
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1944· 1 entry
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-08-15.
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1851· 1 entry
And moved westward through Canada before settling in Michigan
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