Mrs. America(2020)
Overview
The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”
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Phyllis Schlafly
Gloria Steinem
Shirley Chisholm
Bella Abzug
Betty Friedan
Jill Ruckelshaus
Alice
Fred Schlafly
Pamela
Brenda Feigen
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