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"Phyllis Schlafly Defended Women Like Me" | Christianity Today

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/september-web-only/phyllis-schlafly-defended-women-like-me.html

“Phyllis Schlafly’s formula for the better life . . . is based on marrying a rich professional, climbing the pedestal to lady of leisure and pulling up the rope ladder behind her.”

(Sheehy qtd. in Michel)