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May 8, 2020 · In the sixth episode of Hulu's new miniseries Mrs. America, simply titled “Jill,” pro-choice Republican activist Jill Ruckleshaus sits down to have a drink with Phyllis Schlafly, the famed...
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May 6, 2020 · Jill: Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. With Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Elizabeth Banks. With a pro-ERA Republican in the White House, Phyllis protests her own party, which puts her in conflict with Republican Feminist leader, Jill Ruckelshaus.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
- 2020-05-06
Jill Elizabeth Ruckelshaus (née Strickland; born 1937) is a former special White House assistant and head of the White House Office of Women's Programs and a feminist activist. [1] [2] [3] [4] She also served as a commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights in the early 1980s. [5]
May 6, 2020 · Jill Ruckelshaus was a politician, belonging to the Republican Party and a tour-de-force for women’s rights in the White House. She stood up for what were considered to be progressive ideas, at a time when Nixon was president.
May 6, 2020 · How accurate is ‘Mrs. America’s’ portrayal of Republican women? We investigated Elizabeth Banks, left, as Jill Ruckelshaus in “Mrs. America,” and the real Jill Ruckelshaus in 1970.
- meredith.blake@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Jul 15, 2020 · President Ford appoints Jill Ruckelshaus as chairwoman of a National Commission to honour women and urge ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
May 6, 2020 · A recap of the Mrs. America episode ‘Jill,’ episode six of the FX on Hulu miniseries, which focuses on Republican feminist Jill Ruckelshaus, played by Elizabeth Banks.
