One of Mrs. America’s main challenges is we know how the story ends: we know Phyllis Schlafly effectively prevents…
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Cast
Cate Blanchett (Phyllis Schlafly)Rose Byrne (Gloria Steinem)Elizabeth Banks (Jill Ruckelshaus)Uzo Aduba (Shirley Chisholm)Kayli Carter (Pamela Whalen)Ari Graynor (Brenda Feigen-Fasteau)Melanie Lynskey (Rosemary Thomson)Margo Martindale (Bella Abzug)John Slattery (Fred Schlafly)Jeanne Tripplehorn (Eleanor Schlafly)Tracey Ullman (Betty Friedan)Sarah Paulson (Alice Macray)Ben Rosenfield (John Schlafly)Brendan Cox (Bruce Schlafly)Marcia Bennett (Dadie Stewart)Gracen Daly (Anne Schlafly (7 Years Old))Novie Edwards (Willie B. Reed)Melissa Joyner (Audrey Rowe Colom)
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Creators
Tanya Barfield, Micah Schraft, Dahvi Waller, April Shih, Sharon Hoffman, Boo Killebrew, Joshua Allen Griffith
Synopsis
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.
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