Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism A Woman's Crusade

Name: Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism A Woman's Crusade
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ISBN: 9780691136240

ISBN-10: 0691136246

ISBN-13: 9780691136240

Edition: 2007

Authors: Donald T. Critchlow

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Longtime activist, author, and antifeminist leader Phyllis Schlafly is for many the symbol of the conservative movement in America. In this provocative new book, historian Donald T. Critchlow sheds new light on Schlafly's life and on the unappreciated role her grassroots activism played in transforming America's political landscape. Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to Schlafly's papers as well as sixty other archival collections, the book reveals for the first time the inside story of this Missouri-born mother of six who became one of the most controversial forces in modern political history. It takes us from Schlafly's political beginnings in the Republican Right after the World…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Making of a Grassroots Conservative



Ideology and Politics in 1952



Anticommunism: A Young Woman's Crusade



The Republican Right Under Attack



The Goldwater Campaign



The Establishment Purges Schlafly



Confronting the Soviets in a Nuclear Age



Nixon Betrays the Right



The ERA Battle Revives the Right



The Triumph of the Right



Ideology and Power in a Divided Nation


Manuscript Collections


Notes


Index