Phyllis Schlafly

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Phyllis Schlafly leading a rally in the late 1970s

Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly (August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was a founding member of the modern conservative movement. She was described by The New York Times as the "one of the most relentless and accomplished platform debaters of any gender to be found on any side of any issue."[1] "I think she's probably the best political organizer we've seen in American history," stated author Rick Perlstein.[2] Her political activism spanned 70 years and it is difficult to find any position that she was ever on the wrong side of.

Early life

Schlafly was born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart in St. Louis, Missouri, to Odile Stewart and Ernest Dodge. She had one younger sister. In 1945, she graduated from Radcliffe College.

Accomplishments

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."[3] Yet she was right.

as a 17-year-old wearing bobby socks, Phyllis on a date in the early 1940s

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.[4] In his eulogy at her funeral, Donald Trump observed that Phyllis Schlafly was a powerful, positive influence for one quarter of all of American 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,[5] 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.[6]

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, Bruce, Roger, Liza, Anne, and Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly.

Prophetic statements proven right

  • 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.[7]
  • 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.[8]

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:[9]

I'm not sure they're mature enough to graduate!

Writings

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 Trump, was released the day after she passed away and became a New York Times bestseller.

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)

Quotes by Phyllis Schlafly

In supporting Donald Trump for president, Phyllis Schlafly said, “He has fight in him!”

"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."[10]

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.”[11]

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."[10]

In reference to feminists, “I always said, I’m not going to let those slobs ruin my day.”[12]

In speeches to feminist audiences, “First, I would like to thank my husband, Fred, for allowing me to come here this evening.”[13]

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.”[14]

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

  • Schlafly, Phyllis (2006), The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How to Stop It, Spence Publishing Company, ISBN 1890626651
  • Schlafly, Phyllis (2001), Turbo reader, Pere Marquette Press, ISBN 0934640165
  • Schlafly, Phyllis (1990), Who Will Rock the Cradle?: The Battle for Control of Child Care in America, Thomas Nelson Publishers, ISBN 0849931983
  • Schlafly, Phyllis (1984), Child Abuse in the Classroom, Crossway Books, ISBN 0891073655
  • Schlafly, Phyllis (1977), The Power of the Positive Woman, Crown Pub, ISBN 0870003739
  • Schlafly, Phyllis (1974), Kissinger on the Couch, Arlington House Publishers, ISBN 0870002163
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References

  1. Joseph Lelyveld, future Executive Editor of the New York Times, in The New York Times Magazine (1977).
  2. http://www.bustle.com/articles/183468-phyllis-schlafly-helped-create-the-republican-party-as-we-know-it-video Retro Report
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/15/archives/opponent-of-era-confident-of-its-defeat.html
  4. https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/11/phyllis-schlaflys-final-victory/
  5. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/13/phyllis-schafly-fights-era-again-through-legacy-po/
  6. https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/back-in-the-day/article_a4399518-bcb2-580e-af99-90d76f537ca6.html
  7. "Phyllis Schlafly Was Right"
  8. https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/03/schlafly-thunders-for-ryan-ouster/
  9. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/D00F2F30B4689B3A8625744B00821014?OpenDocument:
  10. 10.0 10.1 <https://www.azquotes.com/author/13097-Phyllis_Schlafly
  11. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-phyllis-schlafly-snap-story.html
  12. https://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/oralhistory/illinoisstatecraft/era/Documents/SchlaflyPhyllis/Schlafly_Phy_4FNL.pdf (p. 159)
  13. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/06/phyllis-schlafly-obituary
  14. http://phyllisschlafly.com/events

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