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How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment

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The Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution was on its way to ratification — until Phyllis Schlafly went on the attack.

Schlafly, a two-time loser for a Congressional seat, and staunch conservative, seized an opportunity to raise her political profile by decrying the bill as a threat to the sanctity of American families.

In “Mrs. America,” a limited series debuting Wednesday on FX (on Hulu, not on the FX cable network), well-known feminists such as “Feminine Mystique” author Betty Friedan (Tracey Ullman),  Ms.

magazine founder Gloria Steinem (Rose Byrne), New York congresswoman Bella Abzug (Margo Martindale) and others find themselves — to their gobsmacked surprise — having to, first, learn how to pronounce Schlafly’s name last name,

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