As far as careers go, a girl couldn’t wish for a better one than Phyllis Schlafly. Much sought-after public speaker; respected author, published many times over; powerful activist, who has changed the course of major legislation; a godmother, one could argue, to a huge movement of dedicated, vocal, professional women. Her career, which started in 1952 with a failed Congressional run, is still going strong and making headlines, most recently, with the publication of her book The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know — and Men Can’t Say.
Which only underlines the frequently pointed-out irony underlying the whole situation — the utter ridiculousness of the fact that Schlafly’s long, accomplished, influential career is based on arguing that successful, professional women like Phyllis Schlafly should not exist.