[[ImageFile:Phyllis Schlafly phyllisspeaking at CPAC 1988 and William Rusher.jpg|rightleft|300px|thumb|Phyllis Schlaflyspeaking at CPAC in 1988]]{{infobox person|name=Phyllis Schlafly {{Verified}}|image=Phyllis speaking in 1983.jpg|birth_date=August 15, 1924|birth_place=[[St. Louis]], Missouri|death_date=September 5, 2016 (aged 92)|death_place=Ladue, Missouri |spouse=Fred Schlafly (m. 1949, d. 1993)6 children including [[Andy Schlafly]]}}'''Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly''' is (August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was a prominent author and founder of the modern [[Conservative Movement|conservative activist, movement]]. She was described by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as the "one of the most relentless and founder accomplished platform debaters of any gender to be found on any side of any issue."<ref>Joseph Lelyveld, future Executive Editor of the ''New York Times'', in ''The New York Times Magazine'' (1977).</ref> "I think she's probably the best political organizer we've seen in American history," stated historical author Rick Perlstein.<ref>http://www.bustle.com/articles/183468-phyllis-schlafly-helped-create-the-republican-party-as-we-know-it-video Retro Report</ref> Playwright Dahvi Waller said that Phyllis "was an incredibly effective grassroots organizer, and she was able to mobilize women. That was her superpower."<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fx-mrs-america-tells-origin-223500101.html</ref>[[Eagle Forum File:Phyllis and Gov. Reagan 1960s.jpg| Eagle Forumright|thumb|350px|Schlafly with Ronald Reagan.]][[File:Phyllis on a date as a 17-year-old.jpeg|right|thumb|400px|as a 17-year-old wearing bobby socks, Phyllis on a date in the early 1940s]]
She is especially noted as one of led in recognizing the leaders importance of opposition to gender as an issue in the 1970s, and correctly predicted what followed for 50 years. She was instrumental in making the [[Republican Party]] [[pro-life]] (which it was not in 1973 when ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' was rendered). On June 24, 2022, Republican-nominated [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justices observed that [[abortion]] is not in the [[U.S. Constitution]], and overturned ''[[Equal Rights Amendment|Equal Rights AmendmentRoe v. Wade]]''.
She was married A rising [[Democrat]] star legislator wrote on Aug. 26, 2023, "The modern [[conservative]] movement often pays homage to John Fred former President [[Ronald Reagan]], as the executor of modern conservatism. In my opinion, they are sorely mistaken. They owe their stronghold to Phyllis Schlafly."<ref>LaKeshia N Myers, Jr"Rep.Myers’ Summer Reading List #3: The ‘Girl Power’ Edition, " ''Milwaukee Courier'' (1909–1993) for forty-four yearsAugust 26, and is the mother of six children: 2023).</ref> ''The [[John New York Times]]'' wrote about Phyllis Schlafly in 2017:{{Cquote| JohnUntil the rise of Mr. [[Trump]], Bruce, wave after wave of [[Roger Schlafly | Rogerright-wing]][[Republican]] activism was driven by comfortable but morally scandalized suburbanites, Liza, Anne, and Conservapedia founder particularly suburban women. Shaken by what they saw as [[Andrew Schlafly | Andrew Schlaflyliberal]]attacks on beloved institutions — family, church, law enforcement, private property — theiiiiiy organized politically, and found meaning and community in it.
This phenomenon long predates the [[Tea Party]] movement that so galvanized Republican voters for the 2010 midterm elections. ... Phyllis Schlafly induced housewives to become local activists.
“These were local women whom most politicians feared to alienate,” wrote Mrs. Schlafly’s biographer, Donald Critchlow, “because these women talked politics, volunteered in political campaigns and wore political buttons when they came to meetings.”
[[Democrat]]s have their passionate local leaders, but they’ve lacked a Schlafly-style nationwide network of kitchen-table activists.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/opinion/sunday/how-the-left-learned-to-hate-like-the-right.html How the Left Learned to Hate Like the Right] by Michelle Goldberg, New York Times, April 29, 2017</ref>}}
Her favorite [[Bible]] verse is a reference to [[eagle]]s, the [[American]] symbol:
"they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
:: they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
::they shall run and not be weary;
:: they shall walk and not faint."<ref>{{bibleref|Isaiah|40|31}}</ref>
==Early life==
Schlafly was born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart in St. Louis, Missouri, to Odile Dodge Stewart and John Bruce Stewart, in 1924. Her formative years were during the [[Great Depression]], along with her younger sister, while her father was unable to find work. In 1945, she graduated from Radcliffe College (which later merged into Harvard once it began admitting women) with a Master's Degree in Political Science.
==Accomplishments==
Among Phyllis Schlafly's early political achievements, in 1946 she worked in the successful House of Representatives campaign of republican Clyde I. Bakewell.
In 1975, when 34 out of the required 38 states had ratified ERA and nearly every politician and pundit was certain that the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] would soon become part of the Constitution, a snide ''NY Times'' headline about Phyllis Schlafly was entitled "Opponent of E.R.A. Confident of Its Defeat."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/15/archives/opponent-of-era-confident-of-its-defeat.html</ref> Yet she was right.
Phyllis Schlafly wrote 4 times as much as [[William Shakespeare]]. She is often called the "conservative icon," "conservative legend," or conservatives' "first lady." She should be in the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' for the most number of debates and controversial speeches on college campuses (more than 500), typically to packed auditoriums; for writing the longest-running political newsletter, the ''Phyllis Schlafly Report'' (50 years); and for the longest career as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national political convention (more than 60 years to the Republican National Convention, dating back to 1952).
Phyllis Schlafly was the first and most outspoken prominent [[conservative]] supporter of the presidential candidacy of [[Donald Trump]], beginning in mid-2015.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/11/phyllis-schlaflys-final-victory/</ref> In his eulogy at her funeral, Donald Trump observed that Phyllis Schlafly was a powerful, positive influence for one quarter of all of [[America]]n history. Many credit his victory to her leadership in supporting him.
Many credit Phyllis Schlafly for making it respectable for a woman to stay at home and raise children, amid an all-out assault by [[liberals]] to discredit that traditional way of life. By 1990, after advocacy by Phyllis Schlafly in support of stay-at-home moms, the percentage of women aged 25–54 in the workforce in the [[United States]] stopped increasing, in contrast with many other countries.
She is especially recognized for defeating the [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/13/phyllis-schafly-fights-era-again-through-legacy-po/</ref> and for opposing [[feminism]] in general. She is also recognized for nearly single-handedly making the [[Republican Party]] [[pro-life]]. In 1985 she was considered the 3rd most admired woman in the world, according to a ''Good Housekeeping'' poll.<ref>https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/back-in-the-day/article_a4399518-bcb2-580e-af99-90d76f537ca6.html</ref>
She was married to John Fred Schlafly, Jr. for forty-four years until his death (1909–1993), and was the mother of six children: [[John Schlafly|John]], Bruce, [[Roger Schlafly|Roger]], Liza, Anne, and ''Conservapedia'' founder [[Andrew Schlafly]].
==Prophetic statements proven right==
[[File:Phyllis Schlafly cartoon - 10-27-21 resized.png|400px]]
* In the 1970s, she predicted that "ERA would legalize the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples and generally implement the gay and lesbian agenda.” In 1993, the Hawaii Supreme Court used its State ERA to mandate same-sex marriage, and in 2006 a Maryland Court did likewise based on its State ERA.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2006/02/phyllis-schlafly-was-right-kathryn-jean-lopez/ "Phyllis Schlafly Was Right"]</ref>
* She praised [[Donald Trump]] throughout 2015, when few took his campaign seriously. Trump then won the [[GOP]] nomination in an upset, and the presidency in another upset.
* She declared in August 2016 that the [[Speaker of the House]] [[Paul Ryan]] should resign due to his [[liberal]] views on [[immigration]], which he did less than two years later despite being relatively young.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/03/schlafly-thunders-for-ryan-ouster/</ref>
==Wit==
Unlike most politicians and activists, Phyllis Schlafly has always had a good-natured wit in addressing difficult issues and adversity. For example, when Phyllis Schlafly received an honorary degree from Washington University, a fraction of the faculty and students protested the honor by wearing white armbands and/or turning their backs. When Mrs. Schlafly was asked for her comment about the protesters, she responded:<ref>http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/D00F2F30B4689B3A8625744B00821014?OpenDocument:</ref>
{{cquote|I'm not sure they're mature enough to graduate!}}
==Writings==
[[File:Dr. Schlafly.jpg|thumb|Dr. Phyllis Schlafly, May 16, 2008.]]
Phyllis Schlafly first came to American national attention with her book, ''[[A Choice, Not An Echo]]'' 1964. (One of the ten best-selling conservative books of all time; three million copies sold.)
She authored 27 books on subjects as varied as family and feminism (''The Power of the Positive Woman''), nuclear strategy (''Strike From Space'' and ''Kissinger on the Couch''), education (''Child Abuse in the Classroom''), child care (''Who Will Rock the Cradle?'' and ''Stronger Families or Bigger Government?,''), and a phonics book (''Turbo Reader''), on the Judiciary: ''The Supremacists''. Her most recent book, ''Feminist Fantasies'', is a collection of essays on feminism in the media, workplace, home, and the military. She is also contributor of ''Great American Conservative Women''.
Her final book, ''The Conservative Case for [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'', was released the day after she passed away and became a ''New York Times'' bestseller.
==Jill Lepore==
Jill Lepore had spent a considerable amount of ink on Phyllis Schlafly in her book, “These Truths."<ref>Lepore, J. (2018). [https://books.google.com/books?id=v2ZSDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover These Truths: A History of the United States]. United States: W. W. Norton.</ref> Calls her a political genius and credits her with more or less single handedly defeating the ERA, the Equal Rights Amendment.
On a July 2023 interview on ''Firing Line,'' she elaborated:<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/video/jill-lepore-dfmre7/ Jill Lepore | Video | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS] July 7, 2023</ref><blockquote>
I think Schlafly’s just fascinating. She really has been ignored by historians for two reasons. One, academic historians, who tend to be liberal, have really been bad at offering a history of the rise of the modern conservative movement, this just tremendously important political insurgency, you know, since the 1950s, of which, you know, Buckley’s Firing Line was an important element. And then conservative historians just haven’t really paid attention to Schlafly because she was a woman.</blockquote>
==Smears against her==
The [[totalitarian]] [[leftist]] hate group known as the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], known for its harassment and libel of [[conservative]]s and conservative organizations, published an article shortly after her passing titled, "Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly Leaves A Legacy Tied to Conspiracy Theories."<ref>https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/09/07/eagle-forums-phyllis-schlafly-leaves-legacy-tied-conspiracy-theories</ref> In an interview, Phil Donahue, with his zero-sum game fallacy, incorrectly labeled her position as saying that "women belong in the home" when her actual position was that women should have equal opportunities, but tend to be happier in the home. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13qZnKdLQ8&feature=emb_title</ref>
Schlafly has falsely been accused of [[anti-Semitism]]; while some argue that her usage of terms such as "kingmakers" were [[code words]]/[[dogwhistle]]s, she never targeted [[Jews]] as part of any [[conspiracy theory]] and her opposition to elites she described as the "Eastern Establishment" were Anglo-Saxon Protestants and not Jews.<ref>O'Neil, Tyler (December 8, 2019). [https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2019/12/08/marvelous-mrs-maisel-repeats-debunked-anti-semitism-smear-against-phyllis-schlafly-n174410 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Repeats Debunked Anti-Semitism Smear Against Phyllis Schlafly]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref>
A few liberals/leftists have falsely alleged that Schlafly was a racist who opposed civil rights, a topic covered more extensively in the article [[Phyllis Schlafly and civil rights]].
==Quotes by others==
[[Ann Coulter]] wrote:
:There is no more pristine example of the left's in-crowd snobbery than their treatment of conservative author and activist Phyllis Schlafly. (''Slander'', page 35)
== Writings ==[[ImageBen Shapiro]]:Dr. "In 1977, Phyllis Schlaflywarned the left would kill male/female bathrooms.jpg|thumb|DrThey said she was a liar. Phyllis Schlafly, May 16, 2008She wasn't." On [[Twitter]]Phyllis Schlafly first came to American national attention with her book, ''[[A ChoiceNovember 4, Not An Echo]]'' 19642015. (One of the ten best-selling conservative books of all time; three million copies sold<ref>https://twitter.) com/benshapiro/status/661932730020556800</ref>
She is also [[Gavin McInnes]]: Phyllis Schlafly was, "the author or editor most empowered woman of 20 books on subjects as varied as family and feminism (''The Power of the Positive Woman''), nuclear strategy (''Strike From Space and Kissinger on the Couch''), education (''Child Abuse in the Classroom''), child care (''Who Will Rock the Cradle?'' and ''Stronger Families or Bigger Government?,''), and a phonics book (''Turbo Reader''), on the Judiciary: ''The Supremacists''all time.. Her most recent book, ''Feminist Fantasies'', .what I love about her is a collection of essays on feminism in the mediaher brain." On [[YouTube]], workplaceSeptember 10, home, and the military2016. She is also contributor of ''Great American Conservative Women''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZRkjd6rIp8</ref>
Jayne Schindler, a [[conservative]] leader in [[Colorado]], described Phyllis Schlafly in the 1970s (when [[John Wayne]] was a top [[conservative]] [[Hollywood]] icon) as "John Wayne in a skirt."
==Quotes by Phyllis Schlafly==
''See also [[Phyllis Schlafly Quotes]]''.
[[File:Phyllis Schafly and ERA.jpg|thumbnail|301px|right|Phyllis Schlafly lead the opposition to the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].
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[[Liberal]]s and [[leftism|leftists]] recently tried to resurrect the efforts to get Equal Rights Amendment passed, but they failed.]]
In supporting [[Donald Trump]] for president, Phyllis Schlafly said, "He has fight in him!"
Advice to men: "Find out if your girlfriend is a [[feminist]] before you get too far into it. Some of them are pretty. They don't all look like Bella Abzug."<ref>https://www.azquotes.com/quote/703546</ref>
"Women have babies and men provide the support. If you don't like the way we're made you've got to take it up with [[God]]."<ref name="Quotes"><https://www.azquotes.com/author/13097-Phyllis_Schlafly</ref>
In describing the mindset of the [[liberal media]], “They are like a flock of birds that land together on a high-tension wire, and later they depart to go somewhere else.”
“Don't call me Ms. To me, it means misery.”<ref>https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-phyllis-schlafly-snap-story.html</ref>
Against [[globalism]], "Foreign countries are free to copy our system. Instead, they want to copy our Inventions."
On [[United States]] military superiority, "The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God."<ref name="Quotes"/>
In reference to [[feminists]], “I always said, I’m not going to let those slobs ruin my day.”<ref>https://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/oralhistory/illinoisstatecraft/era/Documents/SchlaflyPhyllis/Schlafly_Phy_4FNL.pdf (p. 159)</ref>
In speeches to [[feminist]] audiences, “First, I would like to thank my husband, Fred, for allowing me to come here this evening.”<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/06/phyllis-schlafly-obituary</ref>
On the military and feminism: “The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our Nation and win wars. The goal of feminists, however, is to impose a mindless equality, regardless of how many people it hurts.”<ref>http://phyllisschlafly.com/events</ref>
On leadership: “The crying need of our times is for noble leaders - for men and women who have the courage to stand fast against false propaganda, who persevere in their principles when they reach high positions, who remain loyal to the people who look up to them, who cannot be seduced by money or scared by power, who listen to the voice of conscience instead of the roar of the crowd, and who are willing to pay the price that leadership demands in terms of self-discipline and difficult decisions.”
== Books ==
[[Image:Phyllis Schlafly1.jpg|right|100px]]
Here is a partial listing of the 27 books authored by Phyllis Schlafly:
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| Given1 = Phyllis
| Surname2 =
| Given2 =
| Year = 2016
| Title = The Conservative Case for Trump
| Publisher = Regnery Publishing
| ID = ISBN 1890626651
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| ID = ISBN 1890626651
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| Given2 =
| Year = 2003
| Title = [[Feminist Fantasies]]
| Publisher = Spence Publishing Company
| ID = ISBN 1890626465
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| ID = ISBN 0934640165
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| ID = ISBN 0849931983
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| ID = ISBN 0891073655
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| ID = ISBN 0870003739
}}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| ID = ISBN 0870002163
}}
*{{Harvard reference | Surname1 = Schlafly | Given1 = Phyllis | Surname2 = | Given2 = | Year = December 1967 | Title = [[Safe - Not Sorry]] | Publisher = Pere Marquette Pr | ID = ISBN 9780934640060 }}
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname1 = Schlafly
| Given2 =
| Year = 1964
| Title = [[A Choice, Not An Echo]]: The inside story of how American Presidents are chosen
| Publisher = Pere Marquette Pr
| ID = ISBN 0686114868
}}
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== See also Her favorite books and authors ==*''[[Advise and Consent]]''*[[Shakespeare]]
==See also==*[[HomeschoolingPhyllis Schlafly and Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]*[[Andrew Schlafly]]*[[Previous Breaking News/Phyllis Schlafly|Articles about '''Phyllis Schlafly''' from previous "In the news"]]*[[Conservative of the Year 2016|Conservative of the Year in 2016]]
== External links References=={{reflist}} [[ImageFile:Sweetheart-h.gif|right|175px]]*[http://www.eagleforumu.org/eagleforumu/ Eagle Forum University]*[http://www.eagleforum.org/ Eagle Forum]==External links==*[http://www.eagleforumpseagles.org/psr/index.html Phyllis Schlafly Report Onlinecom PS Eagles website]*[http://www.eagleforumphyllisschlaflyinstitute.org/column/ Index to com Phyllis Schlafly ColumnsInstitute] Syndicated column on social and political topics.
*[http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/schlafly.html Phyllis Schlafly] From Microsoft Encarta.
*[http://www.humanevents.com/search.php?author_name=Phyllis+Schlafly Articles by Phyllis Schlafly] HUMAN EVENTS.
*[http://www.phyllisschlafly.com/ Phyllis Schlafly, Official site] {{DEFAULTSORT*[http: //goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4780636/Conservatives-first-lady-sparked-pro.html Conservatives' first lady sparked pro-family effort; Schlafly, shaped nation's direction]*[https://www.history.com/news/equal-rights-amendment-failure-phyllis-schlafly History.com analysis of defeat of ERA by Phyllis}} Schlafly]*[https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/oral-history/collections/schlafly-phyllis/interview-detail/ Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum - recorded interviews of Phyllis Schlafly and a photo collection]
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