Phyllis Stewart Schlafly born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart August 15 1924 September 5 2016 was an American attorney conservative activist author and antifeminist spokesperson for the national conservative movement She held paleoconservative social and political views opposed feminism gay rights and abortion and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution More than three million copies of her selfpublished book A Choice Not an Echo 1964 a polemic against Republican leader Nelson Rockefeller were sold or distributed for free Schlafly coauthored books on national defense and was critical of arms control agreements with the Soviet Union In 1972 Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum a conservative political interest group and remained its chairwoman and CEO until her death in 2016 while staying active in conservative causes
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