Mrs. America : ERA

MANHATTAN, NY - JANUARY 18: Marchers hold signs that say, "ERA USA" and "We Are not Asking for Permission, We Want Equality Now" during the Woman's March in the borough of Manhattan in NY on January 18, 2020, USA. On April 15, 2020. FX and Hulu are launching a series entitled "Mrs. America" which tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, Through the eyes of the women of the era -- both Schlafly and second-wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus -- the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the '70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the political landscape. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)