Amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. Shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she started her National Volunteer lobbying organization, eagle forum. In a tenyear iafly trainedsch and led a Grassroots Army to victory over radical feminists when they, she stopped the ratification of the equal rights amendment. Economist George Gilder wrote in his book men and marriage, and i quote, when the histories of this era are seriously written, Phyllis Schiafly will take her place among a tiny number of leaders who made a decisive and permanent difference. She changed the Political Landscape of
Mallory factor. Prof. Factor todays topic is cultural conservatism and the religious right. Our discussion will center on the genesis of the pro family grassroots movement. Our speaker will share with you never before shared details about the ordinary people that sparked culture shifting events and a movement that led to the rise of the religious right and the nomination of Ronald Reagan. Youre going to hear about the role of bringing people from across denominational lines to fight the equal rights amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. Shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she sta
Prof. Factor todays topic is cultural conservatism and the religious right. Our discussion will center on the genesis of the pro family grassroots movement. Our speaker will share with you never before shared details about the ordinary people that sparked culture shifting events and a movement that led to the rise of the religious right and the nomination of Ronald Reagan. Youre going to hear about the role of bringing people from across denominational lines to fight the equal rights amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. A echo. Ce, not an shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she
When he came back from his military experience, he ended up getting his dlit, a little higher than a graduate degree, at a scottish university, the university of st. Andrews, earned that in 1952, came back in 1953. Strangely enough, his dissertation became this millioncopy bestseller, this book called the conservative mind, which the timing was just right. It hit the market from a chicago publisher, ended up going hrough seven editions over its lifetime, and it really did give there were a number of disparate voices that i would just say were not leftist. They might be conservative to ome degree, libertarian to another degree, but there were a whole number of voices that i think kirks book allowed some kind of forum for all of these voices to be able to speak right t the end of world war ii, right at the end of the korean war, so he becomes very important. We would never have had a very goldwater Movement Without kirk. We also would not have had a reagan Movement Later on without kirk.
Morning from southcentral michigan, made the journey, and is here to talk about his book about russell kirk. One of the first questions for lots of people is who is russell kirk . The man undoubtedly cast a very large shadow over american political and intellectual thought in the latter half of the 20th century. It could be argued he still does. Yet, russell kirk is not a name that is much known these days or much invoked these days. Brad, your book does many things , but it also helps serve as a marvelous bracing introduction or reintroduction to russell kirk. We are avoided talk about many things today, but for starters, please give us a quick overview of this man. Bradley sure. Thank you, john, and thank you, everybody, for coming here. Thanks to cspan tv and booktv. Russell kirk was born in 1918 in michigan into extreme poverty. It was something he experienced the first 35 years of his life , to varying degrees. Yet, he was always very bookish, became interested in all kinds of thi