If you are looking for something to binge-watch, I found a jewel of a series on Hulu this week and highly recommend it everyone. Mrs. America is a story about the women in the 1970s movement during the ratification of the Equal Right Amendment (ERA). The main character in the series is Phyllis Schlafly coined as "the sweetheart of the silent majority." There are some very popular actresses representing the women that changed the course of our lives. What I found interesting in this story is the dynamic of Schlafly and her feminist lifestyle contradicted her campaign to stop the ERA.

What is the Equal Rights Amendment and why it did not pass as an amendment to our constitution? It is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all Americans regardless of sex. The first version was written and introduced in Congress in December 1923. It was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972. However, it had to be sent to all fifty states for ratification. Three-fourths of the fifty states were needed to approve it. By 1977 thirty-five states approved the amendment. It needed a minimum of thirty-eight states to pass.

What got me hooked was the reason Schlafly took the cause against the ERA. She by all rights was a dyed in the wool feminist. Worked as a conservativism and her ability to influence the Washington DC elite was a stain on women's rights. Schlafly was educated, articulate, and influential in many forums of her time. Many instances Schlafly's decision was purely personal, which made her one of the worst kinds of feminists. She forced her views on marriage and equality on others while working outside the home and making a name for herself in history.

How is it that one woman can make that big of a difference, you might ask? Schlafly was a mother of six, she authored several books, ran for congress, and was a national defense expert with a law degree. Her simplistic views on the ERA were unfounded yet, she sought the backing of the KKK and other right-wing conservatives, with unyielding determination.

It was during a meeting with all males that she was told to sit down and take notes for them instead of sharing her opinion that she realized she had to find a cause that men would back her and women would follow. The conversation she had with her friends just hours before came to mind and her ambition to take on the ERA was born.

There are several other women in the series that make this battle for equal rights history, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Freidan, and Bella Abzug worth watching and learning about. These fearless women worked cohesively whenever possible and gives the new wave of politics a feeling of deja vu. Yet, as the left-wing intimidated and bullied the women to take a stand against the ERA, the right-wing feminists battled internally to find a common ground and negotiate for their cause.

Even though Schlafly has passed her influence is still on the shelves of bookstores. In September 2016 "The Conservative Case for Trump," was published. It seems, however; the tactics of the left haven't changed since those days either.

As women's civil liberties are slowly being stripped from us, where are the voices of this generation that needs to speak up and be heard? What we can't allow is another Schlafly to rise in the political arena and give voice to her antiquated ideas of "a woman's place is in the home." If nothing else interests you, the soundtrack for this show has a history all its own as well.