PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY 1924 LAWYER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST SCHLAFLY PHYLLIS 1924 POLITICAL PARTIES FEMINISM ELECTIONS AND POLITICS BORN IN ST LOUIS PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS AND A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM RADCLIFFE COLLEGE NOW PART OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THE 1950S SHE BECAME ACTIVE IN CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN 1952 SCHLAFLY RAN FOR CONGRESS SHE WON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION BUT LOST THE ELECTION A NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT SHE SERVED AS A DELEGATE TO SEVEN REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS SHE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN SCHLAFLY ESTABLISHED HER CONSERVATIVE CREDENTIALS WITH A NUMBER OF BOOKS INCLUDING A CHOICE NOT AN ECHO WHICH SUPPORTED REPUBLICAN BARRY GOLDWATER FOR PRESIDENT AND SOLD OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SCHLAFLY ROSE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE WHEN IN 1972 SHE BEGAN HER WORK TO STOP PASSAGE OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT ERA SHE USED HER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THE PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORT TO OPPOSE THE ERA SHE ALSO WROTE THE POWER OF THE POSITIVE WOMAN IN WHICH SHE STATED HER VIEWS ON THE STATUS OF MODERN AMERICAN WOMEN AND ATTACKED THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN THE LATE 1970S SCHLAFLY EARNED A LAW DEGREE FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AFTER THE DEFEAT OF THE ERA SCHLAFLY BECAME ACTIVE IN OTHER POLITICAL ISSUES INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AND FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
