“The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy....Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness.”

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.