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Phyllis Schlafly
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American conservative activist (1924-2016)
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Phyllis McAlpin Stewart, known as Phyllis Schlafly, was an American lawyer, journalist, radio personality, and political activist. Born in St. Louis in 1924, she was educated at Radcliffe College and Washington University in St. Louis. A member of the Republican Party, she identified with social conservatism, antifeminism, opposition to immigration, and anti-communism. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Schlafly authored 39 works, including *Judicial Tyranny*, *Thank you, President Bush*, *Eagle Forum*, *Gravediggers*, and *Phyllis Schlafly Speaks, Volume 1*. She was a mother to Andrew Schlafly and practiced the Catholic faith. She died of pancreatic cancer in Ladue in 2016 due to natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Judicial Tyranny
- Thank you, President Bush
- Eagle Forum
- Gravediggers
- Phyllis Schlafly Speaks, Volume 1
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Film & TV
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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…
Known for
- Hillary — Self (archive footage)2020
- Reversing Roe — Self (archive footage)2018
- The Seventies — Self (archive footage)2015
- Gloria: In Her Own Words — Self (archive footage)2011
- Housequake — Self2009
- Family Fundamentals — Self - Mother of a gay son (archive footage)2002
- American Experience — Self1988
- Quest for Power: Sketches of the American New Right — Self1983
- Frontline — Self (archive footage)1983
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
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Key facts
- Born
- Phyllis McAlpin Stewart , ( 1924-08-15 ) August 15, 1924, St. Louis , Missouri, U.S.
- Died
- September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05) (aged 92), Ladue, Missouri , U.S.
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis ( BA , JD ), Radcliffe ( MA )
- Political party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Fred Schlafly ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ; died 1993 )
- Children
- 6, including Andrew Schlafly
- Relatives
- Thomas Schlafly (nephew), Suzanne Venker (niece)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Phyllis
- Family name
- Stewart
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- Ladue
- Child
- Andrew Schlafly
- Occupation
- jurist
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- activism
- Official website
- www.phyllisschlafly.com
- Image
- Phyllis Schlafly by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg
- Political ideology
- anti-communism
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- date of birth
- 1924-08-15
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- date of death
- 2016-09-05
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- Phyllis Schlafly
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- birth name
- Phyllis McAlpin Stewart
- name in native language
- Phyllis Schlafly
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Encyclopedic overview
Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (/ˈʃlæfli/; born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart; August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) 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.
More than three million copies of her self-published book A Choice Not an Echo (1964), a polemic in support of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater and condemning more liberal East Coast Republicans personified by 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.
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