Phyllis Schlafly

Born: 1924-08-15

Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart; August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was an American attorney, conservative activist, author, and anti-feminist spokesperson for the national conservative movement. She held paleoconservative social and political views, opposed feminism, gay rights and abortion, and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. More than three million copies of her self-published book A Choice Not an Echo (1964), a polemic against Republican leader Nelson Rockefeller, were sold or distributed for free. Schlafly co-authored books on national defense and was critical of arms control agreements with the Soviet Union. In 1972, Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum, a conservative political interest group, and remained its chairwoman and CEO until her death in 2016 while staying active in conservative causes.


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Reversing Roe

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Housequake

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Gloria: In Her Own Words

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Family Fundamentals

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Frontline

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First aired: 1983-01-17

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Hillary

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First aired: 2020-03-06

A portrait of a public woman, interweaving moments from never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage...

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