Phyllis Schlafly

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  3/11/2022
  

  Targeting the Marginalized for Political Gain is Nothing New in Texas Politics

  by Nancy Beck Young

  Minority groups have often had a perilous existence in Texas, but that hasn't stopped politicians from attacking them as dire threats to the state's moral fabric. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  2/2/2021
  

  We Need a Second Season of ‘Mrs. America.’ Here’s Why

  by Magdalene Zier

  After the defeat of the ERA, Phyllis Schlafly's activist career entered a second act, pushing the federal judiciary in conservative directions.

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• SOURCE: New York Magazine
  9/26/2020
  

  Amy Coney Barrett and the Triumph of Phyllis Schlafly

  For Schlafly's successors in the Christian right, there is now one acceptable way to take a piece of male authority for themselves, and it runs through professional anti-feminism.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/14/2020
  

  ‘Mrs. America’ Reminds Us that More Women in Politics Won’t Necessarily Mean More Liberal Policies

  by Leandra Zarnow

  The recent streaming hit "Mrs. America" underestimates the influence of New York Representative Bella Abzug on future progressive politics and the complex impact of women's activity in the political arena.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  5/13/2020
  

  What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Mrs. America’s Episode About Bella Abzug

  Did Phyllis Schlafly really accept support from the Klan? Was she really hit with a pie? We break down “Bella.”

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• SOURCE: CNN
  5/9/2020
  

  'Mrs. America' Makes the Case for Messy History

  In allowing various perspectives to shine through, "Mrs. America" takes a piece of the past that, through the work of time, has been smoothed of its rough edges and grants it complexity.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/27/2020
  

  How Did We Get A President Who Advocates Injecting Disinfectant? ‘Mrs. America’ Offers An Answer.

  by Max Boot

  Max Boot examines "Mrs. America" and finds precedent for today's fake news politics. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/17/2020
  

  We’re Living in Phyllis Schlafly’s America

  The striking new Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America" reveals the conservative author’s deep impact on contemporary politics.

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• SOURCE: HistoryExtra
  4/16/2020
  

  The Woman who Opposed Equality with Men: Phyllis Schlafly and the Real History Behind "Mrs. America"

  by Kimberly A. Hamlin

  Phyllis Schlafly ignited a national movement by arguing that women were fundamentally different from men.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  4/15/2020
  

  The True Story of ‘Mrs. America’

  In the new miniseries, feminist history, dramatic storytelling and an all-star-cast bring the Equal Rights Amendment back into the spotlight.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/14/2020
  

  ‘Mrs. America’ Tells the Story of the Women’s Movement from the Dark Side of the Force

  There’s no mistaking that “Mrs. America” is Schlafly’s show, giving her everything she lacked as a media caricature: shape, complexity and even some empathy for her personal struggles and her own experiences (whether she acknowledges them or not) of being discriminated against as a woman.

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• SOURCE: Vanity Fair
  4/8/2020
  

  Mrs. America Conjures Up the Messy History of 1970s Feminism—and Anti-Feminism

  Mrs. America doesn’t dwell just on Phyllis Schlafly. An ensemble series, it gathers an array of compelling women who’ve never quite gotten their due in history books, let alone had a prestige TV series devoted to them.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  3/19/2020
  

  How Phyllis Schlafly Derailed the Equal Rights Amendment

  Proponents hadn’t counted on a conservative grassroots movement led by activist and lawyer Phyllis Schlafly.