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Democrats have their passionate local leaders, but they’ve lacked a Schlafly-style nationwide network of kitchen-table activists.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/opinion/sunday/how-the-left-learned-to-hate-like-the-right.html How the Left Learned to Hate Like the Right] by Michelle Goldberg, New York Times, April 29, 2017</ref>}}

==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.