Phyllis Schlafly is pictured here with Betty Friedan. At this debate in Bloomington, Illinois, an enraged Friedan said “I’d like to burn you at the stake.” Without missing a beat, Phyllis responded, “I’m glad you said that, because that just shows that the intemperate, agitating proponents of ERA are so intolerant of the views of other people that they want to burn us at the stake.”
