Mrs. America (1000) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1000 · 458 mins · English

Directed by

Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Starring

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Banks, Tracey Ullman, Melanie Lynskey, John Slattery, Rose Byrne

The film chronicles the grassroots fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, following the women who organized, lobbied and marched for constitutional gender equality, while also exposing the sudden, organized backlash spearheaded by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, famously dubbed the “sweetheart of the silent majority.”