# Mrs. America (2020)

> A nine-episode limited series dramatizing the fight over the Equal Rights Amendment and the conservative campaign led by Phyllis Schlafly.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/71310

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 9
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, history
- Created by: Dahvi Waller
- Network: Hulu
- Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Margo Martindale, Tracey Ullman, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Paulson, John Slattery
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9244556/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Tone: wry, tense, contemplative, intimate, sardonic

## What critics say

Reviewers broadly praise the ensemble performances and the sharp period recreation of the 1970s fight over the Equal Rights Amendment, with audience reception positive.

## Synopsis

Mrs. America (2020) is a American limited series created by Dahvi Waller for Hulu, a nine-episode prestige drama dramatizing real events. Cate Blanchett stars as conservative organizer Phyllis Schlafly, whose grassroots campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment becomes a powerful counterforce to the feminist movement of the early 1970s. Rose Byrne plays Gloria Steinem, Uzo Aduba plays Shirley Chisholm, Margo Martindale plays Bella Abzug, and Tracey Ullman plays Betty Friedan, each portrayed within the tense, crowded rooms of political strategy meetings, conventions and living rooms where women argue over the future of their country. The engine of the story is the ratification fight itself: every episode moves through lobbying, rallies, committee votes and private kitchen-table calculations, as activists on both sides try to win over state legislatures. Shape and scale come from a single season of nine hour-long episodes that rotate focus among its real figures, building toward a sprawling but intimate political portrait. Set in 1970s America, the series balances period styling with sharp dialogue and an unsettling sense of a movement tearing itself apart. The tone is wry, tense and contemplative, with moments of genuine warmth and quiet dread. Fans of The Crown, Chernobyl and Watergate will find resonance in its blend of historical detail and character-driven political drama.

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