“A lot of people don't understand what feminism is. They think it is about advance and success for women, but it's not that at all. It is about power for the female left. And they have this, I think, ridiculous idea that American women are oppressed by the patriarchy and we need laws and government to solve our problems for us.”

American attorney and conservative activist

Phyllis Schlafly was an American attorney and conservative activist. She became nationally prominent for her role in the conservative movement and for her opposition to feminism, gay rights, and abortion. She was especially known for campaigning against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Her public life was closely tied to political organizing and to arguments about gender, family, and social change.