Debuting tomorrow on FX on Hulu, Mrs. America is good, but the crafted saga of the rise and fall of the Equal Rights Amendment could have used a lot more runway to truly take off. Though I often be…
will roll out a new episode every consecutive week in an era that sees the E.R.A. resurrected to some degree in the political arena.
The fact is that with Eagle Forum founder Schlafly as the front women, conservative activists were able to kneecap and ultimately cripple the E.R.A. In our divided time, it is telling that the inability of the legislation to become enshrined in the Constitution in both 1978 and 1982 came despite the E.R.A. having the support of most of the political establishment from both parties at one time.
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