Phyllis Schlafly taught all of her six children how to read before they started school. She called this “the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever done.“

Phyllis Schlafly served as a member of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution from 1985 to 1991, appointed by President Reagan.

Phyllis Schlafly highly valued education at a time when not many women went to college. She earned a B.A. from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1944 and a Masters from Harvard in 1945. She earned her J.D. in 1978 and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2008, both from Washington University.

In 1964, Phyllis Schlafly released her iconic book A Choice Not An Echo decrying the Establishment Republican “Kingmakers” who picked weak presidential candidates that only echoed Democrats. She self-published and sold three million copies from her garage. That book is largely credited with starting the modern conservative movement.

Although Phyllis Schlafly is often credited with single-handedly defeating the Equal Rights Amendment, she worked with countless thousands of patriots which had never before engaged in political activism. She started the pro-family movement.

Before leaving for college, Phyllis Schlafly had a brief career as a fashion model, earning a grand total of $12.