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Phyllis

Mrs. AmericaSeries 1
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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 202021:00
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  • B.J. Thomas

    Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

  • Etta James

    Fire

  • Cass Elliot

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

Credits

Phyllis SchlaflyCate Blanchett
Gloria SteinemRose Byrne
Shirley ChisolmUzo Aduba
Jill RuckelshausElizabeth Banks
PamelaKayli Carter
Brenda Feigen-FasteauAri Graynor
Rosemary ThomsonMelanie Lynskey
Bella AbzugMargo Martindale
Fred SchlaflyJohn Slattery
Eleanor SchlaflyJeanne Tripplehorn
Betty FriedanTracey Ullman
Alice MacraySarah Paulson
Phil CraneJames Marsden
WriterDahvi Waller
DirectorAnna Boden
DirectorRyan Fleck

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