She remained active nearly until the time of her death September 5, of cancer, endorsing Donald Trump for president in March.
Advertisement
She ran for Congress in 1952 and again in 1970, losing both times.
Take a look at the clip above.
Schlafly contended that the U.S. Constitution already gives women “all the rights that men have”, and that the ERA would lead to mandatory military conscription for women.
To conservatives, she was a breath of fresh feminine air – proof that women didn’t really want equality after all.
Schlafly was an occasional visitor to Utah over the years, speaking at Utah Eagle Forum conventions periodically and sometimes speaking on Utah’s Capitol Hill in support of conservative causes. According to her official Facebook page, she is survived by her six children, 16 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She battled, she won, she confounded the radical left wing feminists time and again. Schlafly’s first book “A Choice Not an Echo”, supporting the candidacy of Barry Goldwater in 1964, sold an wonderful 3 milion copies, one for every 13 people who actually voted for the senator. “I’m extremely disappointed that the Republican Party, the conservative movement, even the Democratic Party and the churches, have been saying, ‘Well soon the court will decide, and that will be it.’ Well, a lot of people thought that about Roe v. Wade, and we’ve seen the whole abortion movement turned around in the last ten years”. “I’m an orphan now”, Ruzicka said. Schlafly “inspired millions to the fight against abortion and the disastrous Equal Rights Amendment which would have made abortion a constitutional right”.
The Eagle Forum, the conservative, pro-family organization that Schlafly founded in 1972, praised her decades of public service in a statement posted to its website. In every thing she did, Phyllis brought joy, excellence, and success.
“America has lost a national treasure and conservative icon”.
Advertisement
Opponents criticized Schlafly as hypocritical, for preaching that a woman’s place was at home while pursuing her own political career (and a law degree). She drew standing ovations in recent years with her star power, and introduced Donald Trump at a rally in St. Louis in March. With so many activities and conservating ways of work, she was an inspiration.
