The Phyllis Schlafly Center
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Phyllis Schlafly founded the education and legal defense fund in 1981.
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Education and legal defense
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Phyllis Schlafly Report
A record of research and publication from 1967. EDR Education Reporter
Education research for families and educators. COL Phyllis Schlafly Column
Decades of concise analysis for public readers. BKS Books and long-form research
Original editions and later works. AWU America Wake Up
Early radio scripts from 1962 through 1965.
A record of research and publication from 1967. EDR Education Reporter
Education research for families and educators. COL Phyllis Schlafly Column
Decades of concise analysis for public readers. BKS Books and long-form research
Original editions and later works. AWU America Wake Up
Early radio scripts from 1962 through 1965.
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A life of research, writing, and public education
This selected chronology uses the Phyllis Schlafly historical timeline in this repository.
Birth in St. Louis
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
College and ordnance work
She works at an ordnance plant. She graduates with honors from Washington University in 1944.
Master of Arts
She completes a master’s degree in government at Radcliffe College, Harvard.
Research and communications
She develops research, library, writing, and publication skills through early professional work.
Life in Alton
She marries John Fred Schlafly Jr. and settles in Alton, Illinois.
Education initiative
She co-founds the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation as an education initiative.
A Choice Not an Echo
She publishes a book that reaches a large national audience.
The Report starts
Eagle Trust Fund starts monthly publication of the Phyllis Schlafly Report.
Eagle Forum founded
She founds a national volunteer organization for pro-family education and civic participation.
Juris Doctor
She earns a law degree from Washington University while she continues her public work.
Education and Legal Defense Fund
She founds the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund.
Education Center
The Center becomes a permanent place for educational work and archival stewardship.
Phyllis Schlafly Center
The Education Center receives its new name. The name honors its founder and its continuing purpose.
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Women and the Family
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Take action ↗MAHA and Parental Rights
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Take action ↗Defending the Middle Class
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Take action ↗Sanctity of Life
Study the protection of human life from conception and related questions of law and medicine.
Take action ↗IVF, Surrogacy and Infertility
Consider human dignity, family formation, infertility care, and the well-being of children.
Take action ↗Courts and the Constitution
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