You are right on the mark. As a former Goldwater supporter, who began working for the 1964 campaign, immediately after the Kennedy election in 1960, I can testify to Phyllis Schlafly’s status as the most prominent Conservative woman in America in that time frame.
So can I. I met Phyllis when I attended one of her Eagle Forum lobbying sessions in DC. She taught us how to lobby as ordinary concerned citizens and I met some conservative senators. I even met Jesse Helms in the hallway and shook his hand.