FX on Hulu travels back in time to dramatize the epic battle over the Equal Rights Amendment inMrs.
America, premiering April 15 on the streaming service.
Here’s a primer on the major players from that period and the terrific actresses who portray them.
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Martin Luther King had only died four years prior.
President how large of a thing is that?"
Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem
TheBridesmaidsstar was struck by how the cofounder ofMs.
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“Why can’t she be powerful and also be attractive?
“She was called Battling Bella and was kind of a bully to some people,” explains Martindale.
“That was part of being Betty,” says Ullman, 60.
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“Nothing was easy.”
Friedan, who died in 2006 at 85, had a brash style that led to clashes with Steinem.
But Schlafly also brought out the worst in Friedan, including an ugly outburst during a famous debate.
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“Betty ended up telling Phyllis, ‘I’d like to see you burned at the stake.’
Of course, that’s the only thing that gets remembered.”
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