Phyllis, Gloria, Shirley (MRS. AMERICA)

"Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) considers another run for Congress, amid the women’s movement’s push for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment." -FX Gloria Steinem (Rose Byrne) fends off Bella Abzug’s (Margo Martindale) attempts to drag her further into the political game." -FX "Shirley Chisholm (Uzo Aduba) makes a historic run for president, while Gloria struggles to play politics at the DNC. Phyllis takes her new anti-ERA organization national." -FX

From their COVID-19 bunker deep in the woods of Massachusetts, three sisters— a novelist, a historian and a playwright/professor— discuss the new FX mini-series Mrs. America.

Through a Black feminist lens, Kaitlyn, Kerri and Kirsten Greenidge sort through the history referenced in the show and why it's still relevant today.

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Credits

Featuring: Kaitlyn Greenidge, Kerri Greenidge and Kirsten Greenidge

Recorded by: Kaitlyn Greenidge

Produced, Edited & Mixed by: Beandrea July

Music by: Jordan Balagot

Clips, Photos: Courtesy of FX

Episode References

‘Mrs. America’ Director Amma Asante (Zora Mag)

Feminism, Interrupted: A Conversation with Lola Olufemi and Momtaza Mehri (London Review of Books)

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community (Goodreads)

Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (Publisher Site)