• How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment

    How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment

    The Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution was on its way to ratification — until Phyllis Schlafly went on the attack. Schlafly, a two-time loser for a Congressional seat, and staunch conservative, seized an opportunity to raise her political profile by decrying the bill as a threat to the sanctity of American families. In …