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Mrs America

Rating:3.4 of 5Total number of episodes:9
Last broadcast:30/07/2020 at 22:00
July 2020

Series 1: 9. Reagan

3.0 21 x
Congress grants a three-year extension on the deadline for ratification of the ERA. Phyllis presides over a political fundraiser, and Bella is fired by President Carter.

Series 1: 8. Houston

3.0 7 x
Exhausted from a long drive from Illinois, Alice and Pamela arrive in Houston for the National Women’s Conference to find their hotel has massively overbooked and they are lucky to find a shared room.

Series 1: 7. Bella

4.0 10 x
In 1977, 35 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. Bella Abzug is appointed to head the revived Women's Commission and has to organise the first ever National Women's Convention in Houston.

Series 1: 6. Jill

3.0 30 x
In February 1975, Jill Ruckelshaus is appointed chairwoman of a national commission to honour women and urge ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. But she has to contend with Phyllis Schlafly.

Series 1: 5. Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc

3.0 9 x
1974. With 33 of the necessary 38 states of the Union ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, Phyllis Schlafly’s campaign has polarised opinion in the critical state of Illinois.

Series 1: 4. Betty

4.0 12 x
The Supreme Court makes an historic judgement legalising abortion in the United States, and the Women's Caucus agrees not to confront Phyllis Schlafly's Stop the ERA campaign head on.

Series 1: 3. Shirley

4.0 13 x
As Phyllis’s campaign to stop the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment gathers support and momentum, its proponents prepare for the Democratic presidential campaign of 1972.

Series 1: 2. Gloria

3.0 13 x
Gloria Steinem launches the feminist magazine MS in New York.

Series 1: 1. Phyllis

4.0 22 x
Phyllis is made aware of the potential drafting of young women to fight in Vietnam.
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