By Prince George’s County Ex-Pat
Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92
By Bradford Richardson
Monday, September 5, 2016
The Washington Times
Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, best known as the leader of the opposition to the 1970s Equal Rights Amendment, died Monday at age 92.
Eagle Forum, the grass-roots organization Mrs. Schlafly founded and presided over until her death, said in an online statement that she had died at her home in St. Louis surrounded by family members.
“Rest in peace, Phyllis Schlafly. Wife, mother, grandmother, author, lawyer, tireless voice of grass-roots conservative activism,” said conservative columnist Michelle Malkin.
“A woman of valor, a formidable friend and adversary, an American patriot,” said Weekly Standard editor William Kristol.
A polymath and a political combatant whose adversaries included communists at the height of the Cold War and feminists emboldened by the sexual revolution, Mrs. Schlafly will best be remembered for almost single-handedly derailing the Equal Rights Amendment as it neared ratification.
The amendment was approved by Congress in 1972 and within a year was ratified by 30 states. But Mrs. Schlafly argued that it disadvantaged stay-at-home mothers compared with their working counterparts. She formed the Stop ERA movement and established state chapters dedicated to thwarting the amendment at the local level.
"best be remembered for almost single-handedly derailing the Equal Rights Amendment as it neared ratification."
ReplyDeleteWithout question the efforts of Phyllis to a large extent responsible for defeating and unneeded Amendment of dubious value.