Mrs. America

Mrs. America tells the true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, played by Cate Blanchett. Through the eyes of the women of that 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 1970s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the political landscape. The series meticulously examines the ideological divide between the feminist movement and the conservative grassroots campaign that sought to stop the ERA. By focusing on the personal and political lives of these iconic figures, the show highlights the complexities of power, gender roles, and political strategy, illustrating how the clash between these two factions fundamentally reshaped American politics and the definition of women's rights in the United States.