She attended her first Republican National Convention in 1952 , and continued to attend each following convention . As part of the Illinois delegation of the 1952 Republican convention , Schlafly endorsed U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft to be the party nominee for the presidential election . At the 1960 Republican National Convention , Schlafly helped lead a revolt of " moral conservatives " who opposed Richard Nixon 's stance ( as '' The New York Times '' puts it ) " against segregation and discrimination . " She came to national attention when millions of copies of her self-published book , '' A Choice Not an Echo '' , were distributed in support of Barry Goldwater 's 1964 presidential campaign , especially in California 's hotly fought winner-take-all-delegates GOP primary . In it , Schlafly denounced the Rockefeller Republicans in the Northeast , accusing them of corruption and globalism . Critics called the book a conspiracy theory about " secret kingmakers " controlling the Republican Party
1960 Republican National Convention
1960 Republican National Convention
Phyllis Schlafly