American Woman: Phyllis Schlafly on Feminism, Immigration and Trump

Phyllis Schlafly

Sep 2020 · Creators Publishing

About this ebook

Catch everything you missed about the incredible Phyllis Schlafly from the hit Hulu show, “Mrs. America.” In a curated collection of the last newspaper columns of her career, Schlafly reflects on contemporary political issues with the same sharp eye that made her one of the most influential women of the 20th century. Through her reflections from 2015 and 2016, revisit the buildup to the historic 2016 election, the ripple effects of Common Core to our education system, the shifting role of women in the military and so much more.

Ratings and reviews

After seeing Mrs. America and learning of the notorious Phyllis Schafly, I had to seek out the writings that made her a rising figure in far-right conservatism and judge myself if she is something to be revered. After barely getting through the first pages I found not only her written word contradictory and illogical, but pretty hypocritical on how she judges the rise of women enrolling in academia. One example stating how women are pursuing a greater education than men, but we must assume these men test greater and unfortunately bothered to not stride than their female counterparts. This argument in the first chapter alone not only gave a view that shes a blundering idiot, she is indeed her own hypocrite-a woman who still sought out the same things as the modern feminist woman: a desire to be well educated, obtaining scholarship with earning advanced degrees in unlikely times, and wanting to be an equal with a seat at the political table. She is her own worst enemy and critic alone.

About the author

Phyllis Schlafly has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, "A Choice Not an Echo." 

She has been a leader of the pro-family movement since 1972, when she started her national volunteer organization, now called Eagle Forum. Her monthly newsletter is The Phyllis Schlafly Report, and her weekly commentary is heard on 40 radio stations. 

She is the author of 16 books on subjects as varied as family and feminism ("The Power of the Positive Woman"), nuclear strategy ("Strike From Space" and "Kissinger on the Couch"), education ("Child Abuse in the Classroom") and child care ("Who Will Rock the Cradle?"). Her most recent book, "First Reader," is a system to enable every parent to teach his or her child to read. 

Schlafly is a lawyer who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve as a member of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution 1985-1991. She has testified before more than 50 congressional and state legislative committees on constitutional, national defense and family issues. 

She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington University, received her J.D. from Washington University Law School and her master's in political science from Harvard University. 

Ladies' Home Journal named her one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century.