Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92

Published September 5, 2016 11:25pm ET



Phyllis Schlafly, the woman who led the charge against the Equal Rights Amendment, died Monday, her Eagle Forum announced. She was 92.

An anti-feminist icon, Schlafly endorsed Donald Trump for president in March, and called him the “last hope for America.” She bucked the Republican establishment just last month when she endorsed Paul Ryan’s House primary challenger in his unsuccessful bid to unseat the House speaker.

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