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[[Image:Phyllis Schlafly at rally.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Phyllis Schlafly leading a rally in the late 1970s during her successful defeat of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]]]

[[Image:Phyllis Schlafly at rally.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Phyllis Schlafly leading a rally in the late 1970s during her successful defeat of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]]]

'''Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly''' (August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was a founder of the modern [[Conservative Movement|conservative movement]].  She was described by ''The New York Times'' as the "one of the most relentless and accomplished platform debaters of any gender to be found on any side of any issue."<ref>Joseph Lelyveld, future Executive Editor of the ''New York Times'', in ''The New York Times Magazine'' (1977).</ref>  "I think she's probably the best political organizer we've seen in American history," stated author Rick Perlstein.<ref>http://www.bustle.com/articles/183468-phyllis-schlafly-helped-create-the-republican-party-as-we-know-it-video Retro Report</ref>  Her political activism spanned 70 years and it is difficult to find any position of which she was ever on the wrong side.

'''Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly''' (August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was a founder of the modern [[Conservative Movement|conservative movement]], and a very successful conservative activist.  She was described by ''The New York Times'' as the "one of the most relentless and accomplished platform debaters of any gender to be found on any side of any issue."<ref>Joseph Lelyveld, future Executive Editor of the ''New York Times'', in ''The New York Times Magazine'' (1977).</ref>  "I think she's probably the best political organizer we've seen in American history," stated author Rick Perlstein.<ref>http://www.bustle.com/articles/183468-phyllis-schlafly-helped-create-the-republican-party-as-we-know-it-video Retro Report</ref>  Her political activism spanned 70 years and it is difficult to find any position of which she was ever on the wrong side.

[[Image:Phyllis speaking in 1983.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Phyllis speaking in 1983]]

[[Image:Phyllis speaking in 1983.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Phyllis speaking in 1983]]

[[Image: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]]

[[Image: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]]