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SOURCE: Slate
5/13/2020

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Mrs. America’s Episode About Bella Abzug

Did Phyllis Schlafly really accept support from the Klan? Was she really hit with a pie? We break down “Bella.”

SOURCE: Smithsonian
4/15/2020

The True Story of ‘Mrs. America’

In the new miniseries, feminist history, dramatic storytelling and an all-star-cast bring the Equal Rights Amendment back into the spotlight.

SOURCE: Washington Post
4/14/2020

‘Mrs. America’ Tells the Story of the Women’s Movement from the Dark Side of the Force

There’s no mistaking that “Mrs. America” is Schlafly’s show, giving her everything she lacked as a media caricature: shape, complexity and even some empathy for her personal struggles and her own experiences (whether she acknowledges them or not) of being discriminated against as a woman.

SOURCE: Washington Post
11/25/19

Contrary to conservative claims, the ERA would help families — but it’s not enough

by Alison Lefkovitz

Decades after its introduction, the Equal Rights Amendment is still urgently needed, and passing it may soon be possible

SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
11/13/19

The 96-Year-History of the Equal Rights Amendment

A brief history of the long battle to pass what would now be the 28th Amendment

SOURCE: Time
8/23/19

The U.S. Constitution Doesn’t Guarantee Equal Rights for Women. Here’s Why

Here’s what to know about Equal Rights Amendment history, what could happen to it next and how it could change American society.

SOURCE: NYT
5-31-18

The Equal Rights Amendment Was Just Ratified by Illinois

What does that mean?

SOURCE: NY Review of Books
9-29-17 (accessed)

Who Killed the ERA?

by Linda Greenhouse

The Equal Rights Amendment had been supported by the GOP since the 19840s. Then it became the enemy.

SOURCE: AP
8-10-14

90 Years on, Push for ERA Ratification Continues

"Recent Supreme Court decisions have sent women's rights back to the Stone Age."