The great reckoning between the Trad Wife and the Boss Babe

As part of America’s 250th anniversary, The New York Times spotlighted eight consequential Americans, examining their influence on the nation through the lens of their shortcomings. Among them was one of the U.S.’s most influential conservative women, Phyllis Schlafly, who mobilized millions of women in grassroots politics while raising six children.

They insinuate Schlafly to be hypocritical because she was both a homemaker and mother while heavily involved in politics, running her organization, Eagle Forum. But no surprise there. The New York Times has long celebrated feminism while treating homemaking as an outdated pastime that women should outgrow. Anyone who did both successfully, well, they hate that too.