She went on to become an outspoken critic of the Equal Rights Amendment and the feminist movement, later speaking out against legalized abortion, same sex marriage and judicial activism.
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Eunie Smith, first vice president of the Eagle Forum, a conservative group Schlafly founded in 1972, said in a statement: “America has lost a great stateswoman, and we at Eagle Forum and among the conservative movement have lost a beloved friend and mentor”.
Phyllis Schlafly passed away today at the age of 92 and today leading pro-life advocates are remembering the pro-life champion.
“Mother, writer, lawyer and president-founder of the Eagle Forum, her contributions to the conservative movement can not be understated”.
Despite the massive controversy surrounding anti-feminist icon Phyllis Schlafly’s endorsement of Donald Trump, he was among the first to share his condolences with her family and the world after the news of her death broke. “It’s not a problem for anybody but the press”, she said, adding that John is not a proponent of gay marriage. The book’s jacket lists two co-authors, but it’s Schlafly’s name that is prominent, testimony to her legacy as the founder of the Eagle Forum, one of the enduring pro-family, social conservative organizations. Her comments received backlash both verbally and physically, when students and faculty at Washington University’s 2008 commencement silently turned their backs to the stage while she received an honorary degree. Loyalties at Eagle Forum split over her support of Trump, when board members disagreed with the endorsement.
There are few who, in their lifetime, have done more to advance the conservative, founding principles of America than Phyllis Schlafly.
The death of conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly sparked an outpouring of reaction Monday.
Described as one of the most polarising figures in American politics, she organised a number of grassroots campaigns against communism, abortions and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Mike Huckabee, who ran against Trump for this year’s nomination, said Schlafly changed his life.
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Schlafly also wrote a well-known book titled A Choice, Not an Echo. They also pointed out that the money of her wealthy husband, an member of a rich IL family, gave her uncommon freedom to be a “housewife” and yet active in the public sphere. It was reciprocated. In March of this year, she endorsed Donald Trump while introducing him to a huge crowd at a rally in her hometown of St. Louis. These kingmakers. they’re the people who really want us to be bipartisan and get along with everybody.
