Mrs. America | Inside Look: Jill, Bella, Shirley | FX

Go behind the scenes of Mrs. America for a portrait of three incredible, unheralded women - Jill Ruckelshaus, Bella Abzug, and Shirley Chisholm - and learn how Elizabeth Banks, Margo Martindale, and Uzo Aduba portrayed them.
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Mrs. America recounts the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the unexpected backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.” Through the eyes of the women of the era, the FX 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.
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[@atomsmash100]

This series was PERFECTLY cast. I binged it and loved every moment.

[@antmagor]

@4:50 actually, Shirley Chisholm was the first woman of color to run for president and the first to run for the nomination within the two party establishment. Still absolutely remarkable and BRAVE! and absolutely deserving of its place in history. The first woman to ever run for president. As far as anyone can tell was Victoria Woodhull her running mate was Frederick Douglass. It was an extraordinary ticket at a time when not everyone could vote, a woman running for president with a person of color as her running mate, they ran under a third party banner. When asked why she was doing it, she answered “all I seek is a voice in the government to which I am accountable“

[@pattigee1]

Uzo Aduba embodied her character Shirley so well, it was seamless and I forgot I was looking at a tv show. Uzo = Emmy.

[@pattigee1]

Maro as Bella = Emmy.

[@pattigee1]

Elizabeth Banks = Emmy.

[@asavyshepherd98]

How do they jump into a new dialect and not have it stick around for the rest of their life bc that happens to me when I’m doing a british accent after watching doctor who!

[@MarkEliasGrant]

She didn't have to "FIND TAPES OF HER" the woman is still alive and is a board member of Costco corp.

[@jenniferblazek290]

Great series. However, Victoria Woodhull was first American woman to run for president, no.?

[@mr0-fukspoliticallyincorre247]

ah, is uza a trans???? i can't tell