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Phyllis Schlafly - ERA Fight in Illinois

Phyllis Schlafly was one of the most influential conservative voices of the late 20th Century. She ran for U.S. Congress in 1952 because of her interest in the communist threat and other conservative causes. She gained a reputation in Republican circles in 1964 when she self-published the treatise "A Choice, Not an Echo," which helped Barry Goldwater obtain the Republican nomination. She became interested in the Equal Rights Amendment in December 1971 and began a crusade for its defeat that was eventually successful. Schlafly continued to write, publish, and broadcast until her death in 2016.

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Feature Excerpt

The Battleground

Abstract

Interview Session 01 (Audio)

Mrs. Schlafly’s early life through her marriage in 1949

Interview Session 02 (Audio)

Run for Congress in 1952 thru 1964 Republican Convention & election

Interview Session 03 (Audio)

Defeats in runs for NFRW Presidency in 1967 & for Congress in 1970

Interview Session 04 (Audio)

The Equal Rights Amendment battles from 1972 through 1977

Interview Session 05 (Audio)

The Equal Rights Amendment battles from 1976 through 1982

Interview Session 06 (Audio)

Schlafly’s life and career from 1980 through 1992

Interview Session 07 (Audio)

Schlafly’s life and career from 1992 to 2011

Transcript

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See Also

The BBC World Service program featuring Schlafly's interview


Photos

Caption
Phyllis Schlafly’s father, John Bruce Stewart, in the early 1940s. The family then lived in St. Louis.

Where:
Unknown

When:
early 1940s

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo - Lloyd Spainhower, St. Louis Post-Dispatch



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