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Articles by Emily Johnson
Interview
AIDS Activist Steve Pieters Revisits His Pivotal Interview with Tammy Faye Bakker
Pieters’ appearance on Bakker’s television show helped make her a gay icon.
By Emily Johnson
Review
In “Mrs. America,” Conservative Activist Phyllis Schlafly Takes Center Stage
The new miniseries depicts the fight over the Equal Rights Amendment.
By Emily Johnson
Excerpt
How Prominent Women Built and Sustained the Religious Right
An excerpt from Emily Suzanne Johnson’s new book, “This Is Our Message: Women’s Leadership in the New Christian Right.”
By Emily Johnson
Essay
For Such a Time as This: Conservative Evangelical Women and the Trump Presidency
Even a less-than-ideal leader can be influenced by the right women in “such a time as this.”
By Emily Johnson
Report
Donald Trump and the Evangelical Vote
Donald Trump’s November 16 rally in Knoxville began with a conversion story. The opening speaker was Beada Corum, a 92-year-old local woman who had never …
By Emily Johnson
Essay
A Theme Park, a Scandal, and the Faded Ruins of a Televangelism Empire
If you happen to find yourself on I-77 just south of Charlotte, North Carolina, consider a detour to the crumbling ruins of what used to …
By Emily Johnson
Review
Us v. Them: The Pitfalls of Righteous Rhetoric
Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America By Leslie Dorrough Smith Oxford University Press, 2014 On June 19 of this year, the …
By Emily Johnson