Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly, born on August fifteenth, nineteen twenty-four, was a prominent American attorney and political activist known for her staunch conservative views. She gained national recognition for her opposition to feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and played a pivotal role in the campaign against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Schlafly's influence extended beyond activism; she was also a prolific writer. Her self-published book, A Choice Not an Echo, released in nineteen sixty-four, sold over three million copies and became a significant work in support of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater. In this polemic, she criticized more liberal East Coast Republicans, particularly Nelson Rockefeller, and solidified her position within the conservative movement.

In nineteen seventy-two, Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum, a conservative political interest group that she led as chair and CEO until her passing in two thousand sixteen. Throughout her life, she remained actively engaged in various conservative causes, co-authoring books on national defense and expressing skepticism towards arms control agreements with the Soviet Union.