Archive profile summary
Conservative activist whose Goldwater-era publishing and later campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment built a durable volunteer network that became Eagle Forum.
Why this entry is in the archive
Connects Goldwater-era activism to a durable grassroots organization and later New Right coalition-building.
Goldwater era
Schlafly’s 1964 book A Choice Not an Echo made her a nationally recognized conservative activist during the Goldwater period.
ERA organizing
Her Stop ERA effort mobilized conservative women around opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment and demonstrated the political power of sustained volunteer networks.
Eagle Forum
Schlafly founded Eagle Forum in 1975, converting issue activism into a lasting national and state-based organization.
Evidence limits
Schlafly’s influence was substantial within conservative grassroots politics, but Eagle Forum remained one organization among many.
The archive does not treat opposition to the ERA as evidence of control over later religious-right or Republican organizations.
Timeline
- Eagle Forum becomes permanent grassroots infrastructure
Phyllis Schlafly founds Eagle Forum, turning issue activism into a durable national and state organization.
- Council for National Policy forms
Religious, political, donor and policy figures create a private networking organization intended to strengthen coordination across New Right institutions.
Tim LaHaye · Council for National Policy · Richard Viguerie · Paul Weyrich · Edwin Feulner
Relationship records
Phyllis Schlafly → Eagle Forum
Founder · 1975
Evidence status: documented
Phyllis Schlafly → Council for National Policy
Participant in early organizing gathering · 1981
Evidence status: documented