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Mrs. America
- 2020 ·
- enlighten me, stretch my mind, take me back ·
- New Release
Summary:
Mrs. America tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.” Through the eyes of the women of the era – both Schlafly and second wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the political landscape.
Quick Takes
From the Watercooler:
Mrs. America is a good place to start exploring where our current political and cultural divisions started widening. Read More
From Sophie Gilbert at The Atlantic:
Mrs. America is maybe the first great television series of 2020, a project that manages to capture the complicated essence of real characters while telling a story at both micro and macro levels. Full Review
