Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-08-27
Books mentioned on Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Culture Wars
Robert is joined agin by Teresa Lee to continue discussing Phyllis Schlafly. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans discussed A Choice Not an Echo by Phyllis Schlafly, The gravediggers by Phyllis Schlafly, Mothers of Massive Resistance by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae, and The Power of the Positive Woman by Phyllis Schlafly.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Choice Not an Echo
A Choice Not an Echo by Phyllis Schlafly is a fiercely argued political book published in 1964 that championed Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign and sharply criticized the leadership of the Republican party establishment.
Discussed“She writes a book called A Choice Not an Echo. And this was like a pro Goldwater argument.”
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The gravediggers
Discussed“I wrote A Choice, not an echo. I self-published it. I went to the Republican convention. Wrote a second book, The Gravediggers.”
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Mothers of Massive Resistance
Discussed“A political platform of family autonomy and parental rights, a kind of white supremacist maternalism, is how Elizabeth Gillespie McRay described this grassroots movement in her book, Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy.”
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The Power of the Positive Woman
Discussed“Her 1977 book the power of positive woman of the positive woman compiled these anti-gay ideas and exclaimed that firemen who constantly risk their lives on our behalf should have the right to make a judgment that their close living and working conditions make a homosexual coworker intolerable.”
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