“I simply didn't believe we needed a constitutional amendment to protect women's rights. I knew of only one law that was discriminatory toward women, a law in North Dakota stipulating that a wife had to have her husband's permission to make wine.”

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.