Schlafly's great-grandfather Stewart, a Presbyterian, emigrated from Scotland to New York in 1851 and moved westward through Canada before settling in Michigan. Louis and Radcliffe College, respectively. Phyllis attended college and graduate school at Washington University in St. Phyllis’ sole sibling was her younger sister, Odile Stewart (married name Mecker 1930–2015). Stewart worked as a teacher at a private girls' school in St. Stewart was able to keep the family afloat and maintained Phyllis in a Catholic girls' school. Her mother, Odile Stewart (née Dodge), went back to work as a librarian and a school teacher to support her family. During the Great Depression, Schlafly's father John Bruce Stewart faced long-term unemployment, beginning in 1932. Schlafly was born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart and was raised in St.
More than three million copies of her self-published book, A Choice Not an Echo (1964), a polemic against Republican leader Nelson Rockefeller, were sold or distributed for free. She was opposed in turn by moderates and liberals for her attitudes on sex, gender roles, homosexuality, and a number of other issues. She held paleoconservative social and political views, opposed liberal feminism, gay rights and abortion, and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Phyllis Stewart Schlafly ( / ˈ ʃ l æ f l i/ born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Aug– September 5, 2016) was an American attorney, activist, and author.