'Mrs. America' creator Dahvi Waller on the books to read if you want to know more about the ERA
: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics” by Marjorie J. Spruill
Waller and her writers relied heavily on this comprehensive history of the battle over the ERA and the still-raging culture war it ignited. Spruill, a historian and professor at the University of South Carolina, provides a detailed account of the 1977 Women’s Convention — a pivotal but overlooked event in the women’s movement that’s the focus of a standout episode later in the series.
With a comically long subtitle that really lets you know what you’re in for, this oral history includes lengthy interviews with a wide array of people who knew Abzug, who represented the West Side of Manhattan and parts of the Bronx in Congress in the 1970s and was one of the founders of the National Women’s Political Caucus. Written by two of the founding editors of Ms.
Waller says this biography offers a largely uncritical portrait of the celebrated feminist but provided a helpful overview of Steinem’s upbringing in Ohio, her romantic relationships and the launch of Ms. magazine in 1971 — a signal event portrayed in the Steinem-centric episode, “Gloria.” In addition to Steinem’s memoirs, “
” and “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellion,” “The Education of a Woman” offered details that were “really helpful in rounding out her character,” Waller says.A major theme in “Mrs. America” is the divide between white and black feminists in the 1970s and the role of race in the battle over the ERA. Before she began her research, Waller knew little about Florynce Kennedy, a lawyer and activist played in the series by.
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