Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney, conservative activist, and anti-feminist spokesperson for the national conservative movement. She held paleoconservative social and political views, opposed feminism, gay rights and abortion, and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Schlafly in 1977
Schlafly with President Ronald Reagan in 1983
Schlafly at a gathering of conservatives in Des Moines, Iowa, in March 2011
Schlafly speaking at CPAC 2013
Antifeminism, also spelled anti-feminism, is opposition to feminism. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, antifeminists opposed particular policy proposals for women's rights, such as the right to vote, educational opportunities, property rights, and access to birth control. In the mid and late 20th century, antifeminists often opposed the abortion-rights movement.
American antisuffragists in the early 20th century
A group of Polish activists protest an International Women's Day march in Warsaw, Poland, 2010