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[[File:Phyllis on a date as a 17-year-old.jpeg|right|thumb|400px|as a 17-year-old wearing bobby socks, Phyllis on a date in the early 1940s]]

[[File:Phyllis on a date as a 17-year-old.jpeg|right|thumb|400px|as a 17-year-old wearing bobby socks, Phyllis on a date in the early 1940s]]

She led in recognizing the importance of gender as an issue in the 1970s, and correctly predicted what followed for 50 years.

She led in recognizing the importance of gender as an issue in the 1970s, and correctly predicted what followed for 50 years.  She was instrumental in making the [[Republican Party]] [[pro-life]] (which it was not in 1973 when ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' was rendered).  On June 24, 2022, a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] majority comprised of Republican-nominated Justices observed that [[abortion]] is not in the [[U.S. Constitution]] and thereby overturned ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.

==Early life==

==Early life==

Schlafly was born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart in St. Louis, Missouri, to Odile Dodge Stewart and John Bruce Stewart, in 1924.  Her formative years were during the [[Great Depression]], along with her younger sister, while her father was unable to find work.  In 1945, she graduated from Radcliffe College (which later merged into Harvard once it began admitting women) with a Master's Degree in Political Science.

Schlafly was born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart in St. Louis, Missouri, to Odile Dodge Stewart and John Bruce Stewart, in 1924.  Her formative years were during the [[Great Depression]], along with her younger sister, while her father was unable to find work.  In 1945, she graduated from Radcliffe College (which later merged into Harvard once it began admitting women) with a Master's Degree in Political Science.