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Phyllis

Mrs. America Series 1
Episode 1 of 9

Phyllis is made aware of the potential drafting of young women to fight in Vietnam.

1971. The main focus of ambitious and extremely capable Republican wife and home-maker Mrs Phyllis Schlafly is the on-going nuclear arms talks between Nixon and Brezhnev, until she is made aware of the potential drafting of young women to fight in Vietnam if the highly popular Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the Senate. She is determined to organise the opposition to the ERA for 40 million American housewives who appreciate the status quo.

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Wed 8 Jul 2020 21:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:14

    B.J. Thomas

    Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

  • 00:41

    Etta James

    Fire

  • 00:44

    Cass Elliot

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

Credits

Phyllis Schlafly Cate Blanchett
Gloria Steinem Rose Byrne
Shirley Chisolm Uzo Aduba
Jill Ruckelshaus Elizabeth Banks
Pamela Kayli Carter
Brenda Feigen-Fasteau Ari Graynor
Rosemary Thomson Melanie Lynskey
Bella Abzug Margo Martindale
Fred Schlafly John Slattery
Eleanor Schlafly Jeanne Tripplehorn
Betty Friedan Tracey Ullman
Alice Macray Sarah Paulson
Phil Crane James Marsden
Writer Dahvi Waller
Director Anna Boden
Director Ryan Fleck

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