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| | ''The [[New York Times]]'' wrote about Phyllis Schlafly in 2017: | | ''The [[New York Times]]'' wrote about Phyllis Schlafly in 2017: |
| − | {{Cquote|Until the rise of Mr. [[Trump]], wave after wave of [[right-wing]] [[Republican]] activism was driven by comfortable but morally scandalized suburbanites, particularly suburban women. Shaken by what they saw as [[liberal]] attacks on beloved institutions — family, church, law enforcement, private property — they organized politically, and found meaning and community in it. | + | {{Cquote|Until the rise of Mr. [[Trump]], wave after wave of [[right-wing]] [[Republican]] activism was driven by comfortable but morally scandalized suburbanites, particularly suburban women. Shaken by what they saw as [[liberal]] attacks on beloved institutions — family, church, law enforcement, private property — theiiiiiy organized politically, and found meaning and community in it. |
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| | This phenomenon long predates the [[Tea Party]] movement that so galvanized Republican voters for the 2010 midterm elections. ... Phyllis Schlafly induced housewives to become local activists. | | This phenomenon long predates the [[Tea Party]] movement that so galvanized Republican voters for the 2010 midterm elections. ... Phyllis Schlafly induced housewives to become local activists. |
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| | “These were local women whom most politicians feared to alienate,” wrote Mrs. Schlafly’s biographer, Donald Critchlow, “because these women talked politics, volunteered in political campaigns and wore political buttons when they came to meetings.” | | “These were local women whom most politicians feared to alienate,” wrote Mrs. Schlafly’s biographer, Donald Critchlow, “because these women talked politics, volunteered in political campaigns and wore political buttons when they came to meetings.” |
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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>}}
| + | [[Democrat]]s 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>}} |
| − | Her favorite [[Bible]] verse is a reference to eagles, the [[American]] symbol: | + | Her favorite [[Bible]] verse is a reference to [[eagle]]s, the [[American]] symbol: |
| | "they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; | | "they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; |
| | :: they shall mount up with wings like eagles; | | :: they shall mount up with wings like eagles; |