Mrs. America: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mrs. America tells the true 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 that 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 our political landscape.

Series details

• Title: Mrs. America
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2020-04-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-05-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Hulu
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 42441
• IMDb ID: tt9244556
• TVDB ID: 367230

Cast and credited roles

• Cate Blanchett — Phyllis Schlafly
• Tracey Ullman — Betty Friedan
• Rose Byrne — Gloria Steinem
• Margo Martindale — Bella Abzug
• Sarah Paulson — Alice Macray
• Ari Graynor — Brenda Feigen-Fasteau
• Melanie Lynskey — Rosemary Thomson
• Kayli Carter — Pamela
• Elizabeth Banks — Jill Ruckelshaus
• John Slattery — Fred Schlafly
• Uzo Aduba — Shirley Chisholm
• Jeanne Tripplehorn — Eleanor Schlafly

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-04-15; final listed air date 2020-05-27; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mrs. America on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.