“I believe that the worst thing the liberals did in this country was the Lyndon Johnson welfare system, which broke up millions of marriages by funneling taxpayers' money solely to the woman. That made the father and husband irrelevant.”

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.