In the 1970s, conservative activist Phyllis Schraffley (Phyllis Schlafly (Kate Blanchett) led an unexpected campaign against the Equal Rights Constitutional Amendment (Equal Rights Amendment,ERA). Through her second wave of feminists-Gloria Steinem (Gloria Steinem, Roseborn), Betty Friedan (Betty Friedan (Tracy Olman), Shirley Chisham (Shirley Chisholm (Uzzo Aduba), Bella Abzag (Bella Abzug, Margo Martindale) and Jill LaCroshouse (Jill Ruckelshaus) Elizabeth Banks)-witness once again how one of the most important battles in the culture wars of the 1970s changed the contemporary political landscape of the United States forever.