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Apr 15, 2020 · The True Story of ‘Mrs. America’ In the new miniseries, feminist history, dramatic storytelling and an all-star-cast bring the Equal Rights Amendment back into the spotlight
- Mrs America Cast vs Real Life Counterparts
- Who Was Phyllis Schlafly and Why Did She Oppose The Era?
- What Is The Era and Did It Pass?
How historically accurate are the on-screen portrayals, and did the cast resemble their real-life counterparts from the 1970s? In any drama based on real-life, comparisons will always be drawn between the cast members and the real-life people whom they're playing. While the Mrs America showrunners have previously revealed that they didn't consult a...
Phyllis Schlafly, married to Fred Schlafly, was a Radcliffe graduate and mother to six children, with a failed run at Congress under her belt by the time we pick up with her at the beginning of Mrs America. Schlalfy was anti-feminist, and opposed the ERA as part of the feminist agenda. She organised a grassroots campaign that lobbied against the ER...
The ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) was first introduced in 1923, and proposed a 27th amendment to the US Constitution: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1972, it seemed almost certain that the amendment would be ratified (aka made officially valid) by state le...
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- John Slattery. Born: August 13, 1962. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Fred Schlafly. Born: 1909. Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Death: 1993, Alton, Missouri, USA.
- Rose Byrne. Born: July 24, 1979. Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Gloria Steinem. Born: March 25, 1934. Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, USA.
- Tracey Ullman. Born: December 30, 1959. Slough, Berkshire, England, UK. Betty Friedan. Born: February 4, 1921. Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USA. Death: February 4, 2006, Washington, D.C.
- Uzo Aduba. Born: February 10, 1981. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Shirley Chisholm. Born: November 30, 1924. Birthplace: New York City, USA. Death: January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida, USA (stroke)
- Phyllis Schlafly tested ammunition to pay her way through college. Phyllis Schlafly was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 15, 1924. She earned a B.A.
- Phyllis Schlafly ran for congress—twice. Phyllis Schlafly's 1952 bid to represent Illinois's 24th congressional district fell short; she ran as a Republican in an area that leaned Democratic and lost to Charles Melvin Price, an incumbent who ultimately served on Capitol Hill for more than 40 years.
- Phyllis Schlafly’s self-published book, A Choice Not An Echo, helped Barry Goldwater clinch the GOP’s presidential nomination in 1964. Released in May of 1964, A Choice Not an Echo lambasted “secret kingmakers” and the “eastern establishment,” which allegedly controlled the era’s Republican Party.
- Phyllis Schlafly wrote more than two dozen books. Schlafly never stopped writing; altogether, she was the author, co-author, and/or editor of a total of 27 books.
Jul 17, 2020 · Real life events that inspired new BBC series. New US drama airing on BBC Two, Mrs America explores the long battle for - and against - the Equal Rights Amendment in America. The show tells the ...
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Apr 14, 2020 · Mrs. America’s True Story: Phyllis Schlafly and ERA Ratification. The Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (“Half of a Yellow Sun,’ ‘Americanah’), says that a single story can be dangerous. In many ways, Hulu’s ‘Mrs. America ‘ maturely ensures that the “story” of the feminist movement does not get stuck in the same rut.
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Jul 15, 2020 · WATCH: BBC's Mrs America official trailer. The show first aired earlier this year on Hulu and is now being shown on Wednesday evenings on BBC and is available to watch as a whole on iPlayer. While ...
