Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism (eBook)

A Woman's Crusade

Donald T. Critchlow (Autor)

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2018
448 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18797-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Longtime activist, author, and antifeminist leader Phyllis Schlafly is for many the symbol of the conservative movement in America. In this provocative new book, historian Donald T. Critchlow sheds new light on Schlafly's life and on the unappreciated role her grassroots activism played in transforming America's political landscape. Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to Schlafly's papers as well as sixty other archival collections, the book reveals for the first time the inside story of this Missouri-born mother of six who became one of the most controversial forces in modern political history. It takes us from Schlafly's political beginnings in the Republican Right after the World War II through her years as an anticommunist crusader to her more recent efforts to thwart same-sex marriage and stem the flow of illegal immigrants. Schlafly's political career took off after her book A Choice Not an Echo helped secure Barry Goldwater's nomination. With sales of more than 3 million copies, the book established her as a national voice within the conservative movement. But it was Schlafly's bid to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment that gained her a grassroots following. Her anti-ERA crusade attracted hundreds of thousands of women into the conservative fold and earned her a name as feminism's most ardent opponent. In the 1970s, Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum, a Washington-based conservative policy organization that today claims a membership of 50,000 women. Filled with fresh insights into these and other initiatives, Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism provides a telling profile of one of the most influential activists in recent history. Sure to invite spirited debate, it casts new light on a major shift in American politics, the emergence of the Republican Right.

Autor

Donald T. Critchlow is the author or editor of twelve books on modern American politics, public policy, and business. He is a professor of history at Saint Louis University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Politics and Society in Modern America
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Schlagworte: activism • America at the Crossroads • America First Committee • American Association of University Women • American Conservative Union • American Enterprise Institute • american liberty league • Anne Wexler • Anti-Communism • Barbara Ehrenreich • betty ford • Betty Friedan • Beverly LaHaye • bipartisanship • Charles Lichenstein • Clare Boothe Luce • communism • conservative coalition • Conservative Victory • containment • Contras • Dean Rusk • Defense of Marriage Act • Democratic Defense • Denison Kitchel • Disarmament • Eagle Forum • Eleanor Flexner • Eleanor Smeal • Elizabeth Bentley • Elizabeth Dilling • Equal Rights Amendment • Family Research Council • Feminist Movement • Freda Utley • George McGovern • Georgie Anne Geyer • Grassroots • Helen Gahagan Douglas • Human Life Amendment • John A. Stormer • John F. Kennedy • John M. Olin Foundation • Judicial Activism • Kevin Phillips (political commentator) • League of Women Voters • Liberalism • Liberty Lobby • Lynda Bird Johnson Robb • Margaret Heckler • Margaret Thatcher • Mary Frances Berry • Mary Louise Smith (Republican Party leader) • Maureen Reagan • McGrain v. Daugherty • Monroe Doctrine • Mrs. • Nancy Kassebaum • National Conservative Political Action Committee • National Organization for Women • national security • National Woman's Party • Nomination • Pacifism • Patricia Schroeder • patty duke • Phyllis Schlafly • Political Action Committee • political machine • Politician • Populism • Principal Speaker • protectionism • Radical right (United States) • Ray C. Bliss • Reagan coalition • Realigning election • Reclaiming (Neopaganism) • republican motherhood • Revilo P. Oliver • Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation • Rockefeller Republican • Ronald Radosh • rosalynn carter • Schlafly • Soviet Union • Suffrage • Superiority (short story) • Sylvia Ann Hewlett • The Conscience of a Conservative • The Conservative Caucus • The Feminine Mystique • The Heritage Foundation • The Vital Center • Walter Judd (politician) • Warren Rudman • W. Cleon Skousen • Westbrook Pegler • Willis Carto • women in government
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18797-5 / 0691187975
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18797-6 / 9780691187976