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[PANTING]

When I put on a red pantsuit

and my husband doesn't
notice, that's bad.

So I watch my calories. That's good.

[CONTINUES PANTING]

There's only 2 calories

in a big, bubbly 8-ounce
glass of Fresca.

- No sugar. No saccharinates.
- [PANTING]

- It's an honest to goodness
- [TELEPHONE RINGS]

- diet soft drink.
- [WOLF WHISTLE]

I like Fresca.

[CONTINUES PANTING]

The picture from Vietnam today
is way better than yesterday.

There are now four areas of...

Good evening. Schlafly residence.

- Phyllis speaking.
- Hello. It's Ann,

from Oklahoma City.

Ann Patterson?

- _
- Oh! Ann, of course. Ann.

- _
- Good to hear from you.

- _
- Did you have a nice Easter?

Oh, miraculous.
A true Easter resurrection.

Phyllis, we did it.

We defeated the Equal Rights Amendment

in the Sooner State.

You did that.

Well, they jammed it through the Senate

with just a voice vote, no hearing,

but we were able to keep it
from being passed in the House,

and all thanks to that

one little article in your newsletter.

I handed it to every legislator.

Oh, well, that's swell, Ann.
I couldn't be more proud.

So now I'm thinking I should
call our friends in other states

and encourage them to do the same.

It's a winnable fight.

Yes, well, in Oklahoma.

Can you send me copies
of your mailing list?

Roger!

I'm... I'm sorry, Ann.
I am gonna have to call you back.

I have children crawling all over me.

- Oh, of course.
- Mm-hmm. all right.

- Good to talk to you.
- Okay, then...

[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

It's taken me years to
build up my mailing list.

That's my network.

You know, and the fact that
Ann doesn't understand that

suggests she doesn't know
a whole lot about politics.

Are those Mother's boxes?

Well, they... they go in the guest room.

No, my... my list is valuable.

I thought you said she
was moving in here.

No, John might move
back after graduation.

No, I'm the one who developed
the arguments in my newsletter.

All she did was hand it out.

I'm supposed to let her run with it.

Well, if you're gonna run with it,

you better do it fast

before it's ratified in your home state

- and you lose all credibility.
- [BOX RUSTLES]

That would be an embarrassment.

I wanted to stay in St. Louis,

and you had to drag me
across the Mississippi.

It's a better view of the Mississippi,
and I dragged you?

Well, you saved me.

I am gonna have to stop the
ERA being ratified here.

Well, Illinois is not Oklahoma.

No, yeah, yeah, it's a long shot.

It's the home of Adlai Stevenson

and Daley's Chicago machine.

Well, you... you never know.

Um, you know, the one thing

I've got going for me is the
feminists think it's settled.

They... They're not expecting a fight.

The other thing you've
got going for you is, uh,

no one likes feminists,
not even liberals.

[LAUGHTER]

- Oh, that's true. [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES]

- They're no fun.
- [LAUGHS]

["I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER"
BY SLY & THE FAMILY STONE PLAYING]

[CHEERING]

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Feeling's gettin' stronger ♪

♪ Music's gettin' longer, too ♪

♪ Music is flashin' me ♪

♪ I want to, I want to ♪

♪ I want to take you higher ♪

♪ I want to take you higher ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

["A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN"
BY WALTER MURPHY PLAYING]

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- [HORNS HONKING]
- Wouldn't you attract

a wider readership if you put
Jane Fonda or Lauren Hutton

on the very first cover

instead of this octopus
lady with face paint?

It is not an octopus lady.
It is the Hindu goddess Kali,

and those are tears
streaming down her face

because she has to
juggle all the demands

- of her work and marriage.
- [LAUGHTER]

If "Ms." is almost exclusively written

by, for, and about women,

isn't it as one-dimensional
as "Playboy"?

- Is that a serious question?
- You don't think that's a drag?

- I think "Playboy" is a drag.
- [LAUGHTER]

Are you worried that the
provocative ad on abortion

will alienate women in
the middle of America?

A majority of people in this country

support every woman's right
to control her own body.

Until we have that right,
we can never truly be equal.

Thank you, everyone. Thank you.

Ms. Steinem! Ms. Steinem!

[REPORTERS SHOUTING AT ONCE]

["TELL MAMA" BY ETTA JAMES PLAYING]

♪ You thought you had
to find a good girl ♪

♪ One to love you and
give you the world ♪

♪ Now you've found that
you've been misused ♪

♪ Talk to me, I'll do what you choose ♪

♪ I want you to ♪

♪ Tell Mama ♪

♪ All about it ♪

They were itty-bitty, so I got two.

- [LAUGHS]
- [GLASSES CLINK]

- Look.
- Oh, Gloria!

I walked past Andy Warhol.
He didn't even say hello.

You did represent Valerie Solanas.

Not that well. The girl got three years.

What did that taxi driver in Boston

- say to us about if men got pregnant?
- Ms. Steinem...

Uh... "If men could get pregnant,

abortion would be a sacrament."

I couldn't remember it.

You should put a pregnant
Nixon on your next cover.

I'm putting Shirley on my next cover.

I will drink to that.

[GLASSES CLINK]

Ms. Steinem, can I ask you

one last question, if you don't mind?

Uh, Betty Friedan,
in a speech yesterday said,

"Gloria has never been part

"of the organized women's
liberation movement.

"The media tried to
make her a celebrity,

but no one should
mistake her for a leader."

Any comment?

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

If I have a lot of problems
with my being a leader

in the women's movement,
I'm sure she has a lot more.

♪ Tell Mama ♪

♪ All about it ♪

♪ Tell Mama ♪

♪ What you need ♪

♪ Tell Mama ♪

♪ What you want ♪

♪ Tell Mama ♪

♪ All about it ♪

Great party, Gloria.

♪ Tell Mama ♪

We can't get distracted by her.

We got a lot of momentum
going into the conventions.

The candidates recognize that
we're a real political force.

Even McGovern's
agreed to sit down with us.

But we need a face... a pretty face.

Is that my only value to the movement?

No, we need your tits and ass, too.

[LAUGHS] I don't want
people listening to me

just because I have a pretty face.

I would love it if people listened to me

because I have a pretty face.
Then I wouldn't have to shout.

Who cares why they're listening?
They're listening.

You think Kennedy agonized
over whether he beat Nixon

because of his looks?

No, he thought, "I can't believe
I get to be president

and shtup Marilyn Monroe."

- Can I get a photo with you?
- Excuse me.

We're having a private conversation.

That was one of our biggest advertisers.

You wanna make abortion legal,
this is how you do it.

Play the game.
Hold McGovern's feet to the fire.

Is he waffling?

He told me he believes it's
every woman's personal decision.

Well, now he believes
he's the front runner

and needs to move to
the center to beat Nixon

in the general election.

And you wonder why
I can't stand politics?

- Can I get back to my party now?
- Go.

♪ Ain't no words to this song ♪

- How you doing?
- All right.

♪ You just dance and hum along ♪

♪ You just dance and hum along ♪

Can you stay over tonight?

Yeah, but I have to leave early.

Got the kids in the morning.

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[BELL TOLLING]

- You came.
- I even had time to bake.

Well, actually,
it's leftover from Easter.

I won't tell if you won't tell.

For today's study section,

I chose Father Collins'
talk from our annual conference.

It's about the Marxist revolutionaries

who instigated the
Attica prison uprising.

These riots are all a part
of the New Left campaign

to undermine American prisons.

The world's going to hell in a handbag.

You know, I read, uh, recently,
that Angela Davis declared

that if she were free,

her first goal would be to
abolish America's prison system.

For those of you who aren't familiar...

- Mm-hmm.
- Angela Davis is

the Black Panther militant
on trial for murder in California.

Yeah, so even though she has
admitted to being a member

of the Communist Party,
there are members of Congress

who publicly support her,
like Shirley Chisholm.

And, uh, Gloria Steinem

is listed as the treasurer
of her defense fund.

They're all connected,
and they have so much money

and political power.

And maybe we'll devote
next month's study session

to the women's liberation movement.

Could we devote this session to it?

Prisons are depressing.

I thought your newsletter on the dangers

of the Equal Rights
Amendment was fantastic.

I immediately called both our senators,

but it made it through Congress anyway.

I did, too. I fear
we got started too late.

Oh, it's not too late to stop it.

If the ERA is not ratified by 38 states

by March 22, 1979, it will die.

That seems like enough time.

Well, we can't let it get ratified.

Well, we do have
our work cut out for us.

See, the women's liberation
movement has convinced everybody

it's a bipartisan issue.

So we need to get the word out fast

that it is controversial
and that we homemakers

are not being represented.

You know, we need to make some noise

and get the media
to pay attention to us.

The person that everybody's
paying attention to always wins.

- That would be Gloria Steinem.
- She's famous.

They're all famous. We're nobodies.

Even if we could get a news program

to give us some air time,
who would we send on as our guest?

- Phyllis is famous.
- Only in conservative circles.

- No offense.
- Oh, none taken.

You're judged by the company you keep.

Maybe you should be
the spokesman, Alice,

since you're a full-time homemaker.

- Oh. [CHUCKLES] No.
- I'm happy to do it.

Mm-hmm.

[STAMMERS] The thing
about public speaking

is that it's harder than it looks.

There are some tricks
to make it look easy.

I agree. Phyllis has
the most experience.

She should do it.

Well, all right. Well, I will, uh,
send you all the phone tree

to kickstart a telegram
and letter writing campaign

to our representatives.
I mean, you know the drill.

ALL: Telephone and tell a friend.

It will be very much like
the brilliant campaign

that Eleanor led against
"Hair" a couple of months ago.

- That was a battle.
- Mm.

You know, and I think the trouble was

that there are two very
catchy songs in the show.

So people would hear
the music for "Aquarius"

and "Let the Sunshine In,"

they think it was just like "Oklahoma!"

♪ ... walking proudly
in our winter coats ♪

- ♪ Wearing... ♪
- Judith?

It's Phyllis Schlafly.

- Yeah I'm calling about...
- I'm calling about

the upcoming vote in Springfield

- on the ratification...
- ... the ratification

of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Yes, we're organizing a
campaign to write letters.

Hi, Joan. It's Pamela. We are organizing

a letter writing campaign...

And we are calling and writing
letters to our legislators...

We're organizing a campaign

to urge them to vote "no,"
and we could use your help.

- Hi, Patricia. It's Pamela.
- Melody?

- Barbara.
- Sharon?

When are we supposed to
make all these calls?

Can you put your kids to
bed a half-hour early?

Or better yet, put your husband to bed

a half-hour early. [CHUCKLES]

I knock off a few letters
after everyone's asleep.

[BABY FUSSES]

♪♪

- How are we doing?
- Hmm. Yes. I understand.

You've heard it?

I've been holding for some time now.

Well, you tell Dick Cavett that
the media has a responsibility

to present the other side.
It's a rule. It's called the...

- Fairness doctrine.
- The fairness doctrine.

- Mom?
- No running, please!

I need help with my math homework.

- I'll help him.
- Drill his times tables!

- Who wants more coffee?
- Oh, I shouldn't, but...

Thank you, Leonia.

I'm going to the post office.
Give me your letters.

Last call for the post office.

♪ Let the sunshine ♪

How many have we got?

Yes. We will be in touch.

We got invited on
"The Phil Donahue Show."

- Aah!
- We got...

[ALL CHEERING AND SPEAKING AT ONCE]

[LAUGHS]

Oh, that is so good!

♪ Sunshine in ♪

This is it. Are you nervous?

Can I push the button on the elevator?

[LAUGHS] Mm-hmm. Come on.

[HORN HONKS]

[TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

[SIGHS] We're all just
kind of piled in here.

Can we find Margaret an empty desk?

Will a delivery box do?

We're, uh, we're gonna get
some more furniture soon.

- Come through.
- [TELEPHONE RINGS]

"Ms. Magazine." No, M-s, "Mizz."

This is our tot lot,
but we're cool with the kids,

you know, running around.

[CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER, TELEPHONE RINGS]

Would you like to play here
while Mommy gets to work?

Oh, come on. You'll have fun.

[CHUCKLES]

Gloria, we... we can't run
with this cover.

He asked me to show it to him.

I'm already giving
you a lesbian article.

Oh, you're giving it to me? Thank you.

We put Shirley Chisholm on the cover,

and we'll depress sales,
especially in the South.

Well, we don't put her on the cover,
it'll depress me.

You wanna piss off
your distribution company

- and sales team?
- They work for us.

This issue hits the newsstands right
before the Democratic Convention.

I wanna put Shirley on our cover.

What about Mary's idea for the cover...

Wonder Woman? She's a strong
symbol of woman's power.

Wonder Woman's my idol, but...

you know she's not a real person.

She's better than a real person.

She's a superhero,
and she's got great legs.

- We're going with this cover.
- Oh, I see.

You wanna be the only one
around here with great legs.

I gave Gloria her first
bylined assignment

because I saw her standing
outside my office one day,

and I thought she had great legs.

- Clay.
- What? It's a great story.

It's a great story.

[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]

He's the money guy.

Come through here.

_

Yes, Mrs. Schlafly, I did get your mail.

Oh, good. Now do you have a
television in your office?

Of course I have a
television in my office.

Well, turn it on at 12:00 to channel 5.

What am I watching?

The other side of the ERA debate.

[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE]

[RECEIVER CLATTERS]

Can we get a TV in here?

Would you please welcome to the show

conservative author and
activist Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly.

[APPLAUSE]

♪♪

[CHUCKLES]

[APPLAUSE SUBSIDES]

Now the Equal Rights Amendment

will positively make women
subject to the draft

on an equal basis with the men.

They have got to the point
where they truly believe

that men and women are the same,

so it's not enough for them
to have the right to work.

They want to legislate
away any differences

between men and women, which will mean

goodbye, Girl Scouts,
and hello, unisex bathrooms.

The ERA doesn't say that
men and women are the same.

It says that they're entitled
to equal protection under the law.

What, did you drag
her out of the dust bins

of the Goldwater campaign so
you could hide under her skirt?

She found me.

You promised that you weren't
gonna fight us on this.

I changed my mind.

But we had enough votes to ratify.

I want a public hearing before the vote.

So suddenly you don't mind
looking like you hate women.

I don't hate women. I love women,

which is why I wanna protect
my female constituents

from the dangers of the ERA.

... and you tell me that's liberation?

Why, that isn't liberation.
Liberation's in the home.

[APPLAUSE]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

When I heard former Goldwater supporter,

I thought, "what a bore,"
but she's a dynamo.

- Not bad-lookin'.
- It was a good show.

You know what'd make for a better show?

Have her on with
Gloria Steinem or Betty Freidan.

Oh, yeah, I don't think so.

No, no, you get 'em together
debating, the catfights?

It's ratings gold.

- You were terrific.
- Oh, thank you, Phil.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I'm just a talk show host,
so what do I know?

But, uh, some of the arguments you made,

I'm just wondering if
you had a chance before

- you came on to fact-check?
- Yes.

So, for example, the elimination

- of separate restrooms...
- Mm-hmm.

That seems highly unlikely to
happen if the ERA is adopted.

Phil, let me ask you this.

When Lenin started
the revolution in 1917,

do you think he told the people,

"Fight with us, and we'll give you

food shortages, censorship, and terror"?

Oh, no. He promised them peace,
land, and bread.

Now it starts with a
simple piece of legislation

like the ERA, and then
the left feels emboldened

to eliminate alimony, child support,

and the widow's Social Security,
and before you know it,

we are living in a feminist
totalitarian nightmare.

Thank you for having me on your show.

♪♪

You're Gloria Steinem.

[LAUGHS] Yes.

Lisa. How are you this morning?

I'm... I'm wonderful.

Oh, I'm gonna move you to first.

Oh, no. It's not necessary. I...

I insist. You will be more comfortable.

Well, okay. Thank you.

And I figure you and
Ms. Freidan wanna sit together.

♪♪

Hello, Betty.

Thank you.

Ow.

[EXHALES] Sorry. I'm so sorry.

I was misquoted.

People are always
trying to divide up women.

Hmm? It's just another
way to take away our power.

Well, I'm sorry the reporter upset you.

I also happened to say some
very nice things about you

that maybe didn't get printed.

I said that, uh,
you're a good role model

because you've never married,

which shows you can be single
and still have a good life.

They didn't print that.

♪♪

[JET ENGINE POWERING UP]

♪♪

... food supplies hurtled from the sky,

and everyone scrambles to
grab whatever food he can.

There are still wounded
from the fighting...

Men who wait every day
in vain for helicopters

to take them to hospitals.

The dead will remain in An Loc.

You don't know how serious women are

in this country, Senator.

I couldn't be less enthusiastic
about your candidacy.

Senator McGovern has been
very vocal on women's issues.

I fully support speedy
ratification of the ERA.

Everyone does. Nixon supports the ERA,

and you have to have more
women visible in your campaign

because right now
they're just not there.

Shirley MacLaine notwithstanding.

I think what Betty means
is that women aren't...

always listened to, something
you and I talked about

after New Hampshire, and you were going

to impress upon your staff

the importance of taking female
campaign aides seriously.

Thank you, Gloria,
and I have spoken with them.

I think it's fair to say the only place

we really differ with you
is on abortion rights.

And you've been saying some
ridiculous things lately.

I'm afraid that's all the
time that we have for today,

but thank you, ladies,
so much for coming in.

- Yes, thank you all very much.
- Oh, no, Senator?

The Senator has another meeting.

George, George, if... if I may.

We can push and push
for legalizing abortion,

but until it becomes part
of our party's platform,

Congress will never feel
pressure to change the laws.

If George even mentions the word
"abortion" at the convention,

Nixon will hang it around
his neck like a millstone.

So what if we use a more general term,

like "reproductive freedom"?

It's broad enough to
include not just abortion

but repeal birth control laws,
laws on sexual orientation,

forced sterilization.

That's interesting.

What I like about that, Senator,

is that it covers concerns
of men as well as women.

I wrote a version you could use.

Can I see that?

You got into this race
to get us out of the war.

This is our Vietnam.

Let me get back to you.

You can reach me at my
hotel anytime tonight.

I'll wait for your call.
Thank you, George.

♪♪

♪ Here comes that
rainy day feeling again ♪

He's not gonna call.

- He's going to call.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

Oh, my God.
Gloria Steinem is tap dancing.

It was how I earned
money when I was a kid...

Performed at clubs and
supermarket openings.

I was going to dance
my way out of Toledo.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS
CONTINUE, LAUGHTER]

That was my great dream.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

♪ And soon my tears... ♪

Yes, this is Gloria.

[WOMEN GROAN SOFTLY]

[SIGHS] I-I can't talk right now.
I'm, uh...

I have to keep the line free.

♪♪

I'm trapped. I'm waiting for a call.

What are you up to tonight?

Let's all go get a drink, yeah?

Come on. Everyone out.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, LAUGHTER]

[RHYTHMIC KNOCK ON DOOR]

You really can't leave this room?

Well, now I don't wanna leave.

How long do we have?

Two hours before the last train.

- Okay, but if McGovern calls...
- I know.

- You won't be mad?
- Nah. I won't be mad.

So are you gonna start

with women in the draft or
the institution of marriage

- being eroded?
- I haven't decided yet.

You said you prepared last night.

I did prepare.

You know what we should do afterwards?

We should stop by the
Den for a bowl of chili.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, if there's time.

Well, I-I would lead with the draft

because I think it's more emotional.

Do you wanna testify instead of me?

Oh, I'm... I'm not the
expert in constitutional law.

I'm not the expert
in constitutional law.

Yes, but you studied it in law school.

Now, the libbers are
sending in attorneys,

and I think that we should have

a handsome, brilliant one on our side.

I had to reschedule a
very important meeting

- because of this.
- I know.

I'm so grateful you did.

You're my secret weapon.

[CHANTING] ERA now! ERA now!

ERA now! ERA now! ERA now!

Our women do not consider
themselves enslaved by marriage,

and they do not wish to be liberated

from home and motherhood,

and they certainly do
not want to sacrifice

any of their present privileges

for some phony equality with men.

One side effect of the
Equal Rights Amendment...

would be that women...

[LOWERED VOICE]
Where is the rest of your group?

... the Common Law
right to be supported...

- They're at home.
- ... by their husbands.

Do you see those two ladies?

They're the sponsors of the measure.

They've been bringing in
hundreds of women here every day

for the past month to lobby us.

They're winning.

Well, it's a numbers game.

Count the letters and phone calls.

Not when it's this emotional.

[SCOFFS] Oh. We're not
about to throw ourselves

on the House floor.

We're protesting with dignity.

When my guys look out into the gallery,

which side do you think they're
gonna feel pressure from...

The hundreds of ladies screaming
for the ERA or dignity?

I don't even know where Springfield is.

I've rented buses.

You could bring your children with you.

That'll be... educational.

[BABY COOING]

Look, the real power
lies in who shows up.

It's a numbers game,
so unless we outnumber them,

the ERA will be ratified right
here in our own backyard.

Even if we could get a big
group to show up tomorrow,

we'd be too intimidated
to talk to legislators.

Well, Fred, m-maybe
you could, uh, come up

with a few easy talking points.

Huh? For what?

For the rally before the
floor vote in the House.

I'm sorry. I-I didn't
hear what you said.

I focused on that bread.

It needs five minutes to cool.

That does smell so good, Willie.

I'll write the recipe down for you.

Every time I try to bake bread,

- it turns out soggy.
- Mm-hmm.

You might not be giving
it enough time to rise.

- Yeah.
- You're overworking the dough.

- Mm.
- Or your oven isn't hot enough.

You can't put it in too soon.

Maybe you're using too little yeast.

- Or it's gone bad?
- Oh. [SIGHS]

Yeast doesn't bake.

Well, now I know why he didn't call.

Your wording made it
into the platform draft,

but then Shirley MacLaine cut it out.

She cut it out? With actual scissors?

- Who does that?
- An actress.

How are people supposed
to vote on our proposal

if they can't see it?

- You don't seem too upset.
- I'm very upset. Look at me.

I'm eating a hot dog
on the grapefruit diet.

So what do we do now?

The Supreme Court will
consider Roe v. Wade soon.

- Let's hope for a good decision.
- That won't be enough.

I think we've gone as
far as we can go on this.

Didn't help our cause that McGovern

felt attacked at the meeting.

Betty is impossible.

I'm gonna propose we
elect one spokeswoman

to represent us at each convention.

So if Betty runs her mouth
off to McGovern's campaign

or to the press,
she's not speaking for all of us.

She'll just browbeat
everyone into voting for her.

Unless you run against her.

When I nominate you, act surprised.

Maybe have a few words prepared.

Nothing formal, but
you should have something to say.

Have you been to the gallery?

Is it filled?

- To the rafters.
- [LAUGHS]

Oh, wow. Look at this bread.

- What's the occasion?
- I don't know. Birthday?

Hmm.

Good morning, Henry.

Well, you're in a good mood.

Well, why shouldn't I be in a good mood?

We've got the votes. We're voting today.

Get ready to lose.

[CHUCKLES]

Mmm.

[MOUTH FULL] Mmm, this is delicious.

Why are you in a good mood?

Oh, just enjoying watching
you enjoy that bread.

Why shouldn't I enjoy it?

[CHUCKLES]

_

Enjoy the bread. Vote "no" on ERA.

From the breadmakers
to the breadwinners.

- Thank you so much.
- ♪ Oogum, boogum ♪

- Vote "no."
- Remember, vote "no."

- Don't forget to vote "no."
- That's okay.

We don't want our daughters drafted.

Preserve us from this congressional jam.

- Thank you so much.
- Vote against the ERA sham.

From the breadmakers
to the breadwinners.

Oh, thanks.

- Make sure to vote no.
- Don't forget to vote no!

We don't want our daughters drafted.

- Don't forget to vote "no" on ERA.
- Got one right here.

♪ And you wear that cute mini skirt ♪

♪ With your brother's sloppy shirt ♪

♪ I admit it, girl... ♪

We might lose Illinois.

What?

I thought we had the votes.

We had the votes, but then
this group showed up with bread,

and suddenly we didn't have the votes.

- What group?
- Housewives with bread,

- and baked, you know, homemade.
- [SCOFFS]

What kind of bread?

- What does it matter what kind?
- I'm curious.

Can we get Ginny Chapman
back on the phone?

Find out what kind of bread it was.

Is that all it takes to get
a man to change his vote?

Well, there was also jam.

Oh, they finally found
the best smoke screen

for their chauvinism.

Hmm? Women.

[CHANTING] ERA now! ERA now! ERA now!

[AMPLIFIED VOICE] All right,
ladies, it's time to go in

and have our voices heard.

These housewives are the
last gasp of the patriarchy,

brainwashed to believe that
if they don't play the game,

they will lose the love
and protection of men.

♪♪

May I just say, vive la différence?

I know these women.
I grew up with them in Peoria.

They've never thought of
themselves as feminists.

You know, they're not
equipped to earn a living.

They're scared.

No one is legislating that
they can't stay in the kitchen

and bake bread all day if
that's what they want to do.

The problem is they're not
staying in the kitchen.

They're bringing the bread
to the legislature.

Who organized the housewives?

That right wing nut.

- Phyllis Schlafly?
- Ah.

- I saw her on "Donahue."
- She was on "Donahue"?

Yeah. Everything out of her mouth was...

Oh, it was all nonsense
but smart-sounding.

We should be worried about her.

Mussolini was very popular.

We have to just keep
traveling around the country,

talking to them until we get through.

You already spend half
your time on the road.

Telling them that
marriage is prostitution

and that alimony is war reparations.

I mean, how have
they not been converted?

All right, we could all
be a little more careful

with our rhetoric.

We do not want housewives

thinking that we are against them.

- We are against them.
- [SCOFFS]

Revolutions are messy.

People get left behind.

It's a tremendous victory for
the traditional American family

and, uh, for
the institution of marriage,

which is the best deal for women
that the world has yet devised.

We will get it ratified next year.

You just got lucky.

- What does she mean, we got lucky?
- Thank you so much.

Can I ask you something?

When you go on "Donahue,"

do you know what you're
saying has no basis in fact,

or do you just not know what
the hell you're talking about?

Oh, I think the majority
of American women

know exactly what I'm talking about,

and, I might add,

the majority of the
Illinois state legislature.

[CHUCKLES] I read your newsletter.

- Hmm?
- It's all hysteria and lies.

Unisex bathrooms? No child support?

Girls in foxholes? Please.

Do you understand the first thing

about constitutional law?

Do you even have a law degree?

I'm just getting started.

- This is a setback.
- [GLASSES CLATTER]

But we have six more
years to get it ratified.

We'll make a more concerted
push in Illinois next year.

Moving on, it's time to choose
a spokeswoman to represent us

at each convention.

Well, I'd like to nominate
Jill for the Republican.

- I second.
- I'm not sure that's necessary.

I'm the only Republican
woman here today.

And I'd like to nominate
myself for the Democrat...

You can't nominate yourself, Betty.

Before we get to electing a spokeswoman,

I-I want to discuss making another push

for abortion at the convention.

If we gather enough
signatures in a petition,

we can force a floor vote.

Which would mean being broadcast

on national television.

This might not be the right time.

Well, when is the right time?

After we get McGovern
into the White House,

- we can control the...
- So, what, a year?

- If the ERA is safely in...
- Two? Or... or maybe a decade?

No, really, I wanna know. How, how...

long are we supposed to wait?

How many more women are going
to die from botched abortions

while we wait for men to
feel comfortable with us

having control over our own bodies?

How many women are gonna be
forced to give birth to babies

they can't afford to feed
while we wait for housewives,

who have no idea what it's like
to have to work to survive,

to feel comfortable with
women having power?

How long do we give
people to adapt to change?

Am I the only one who's so
fucking tired of waiting?

We will make this our
priority after elections.

[SCOFFS]

Where are you going?

I have to get back to New York.

We haven't voted yet.

I'm not running.

Who wants to nominate me?

[CLEARS THROAT]

[WHEELS RATTLING]

[VEHICLES PASSING, HORNS HONKING]

Excuse me.

Hi. Um...

Sorry. I work in the building.

I was hoping to run into
you one of these days

so that you'd sign my
copy of the first issue.

I'd be happy to. What's your name?

Theresa. Oh, can you sign this page?

_

How did you get all those famous
women to agree to sign it?

That was easy.

The hard part was getting
our male publisher

to agree to run it.

Have you ever told anyone?

Only my husband.

We already had three. Money was tight.

It was in a hotel.

[VOICE BREAKING] A whole
bunch of us in one room.

Sorry.

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[CRIES]

- [POP]
- Oh! [LAUGHS]

There you go.
I'd like to make three toasts.

- Roger.
- To our eldest, John.

We are so proud of our
first college graduate.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Don't even think about moving home.

[LAUGHTER]

And to my mother-in-law,
who will be gracing us

with her lovely presence every day.

- If I ever finish packing.
- [LAUGHS] Cheers.

And to my darling wife

on her victory in Springfield yesterday.

I'm so proud of what you accomplished.

- Thank you.
- Mwah.

- Hear, hear.
- ALL: Hear, hear.

And it looks like we should
also be toasting Mayor Daley.

- Oh, what do you mean?
- Well, it says here

Representative Chapman,

- the woman who sponsored the ERA...
- Mm-hmm.

Yes, I know who she is.

She says the mayor had
an ax to grind with her.

So he went and told his people

to vote against it.

That's why seven Democrats from Chicago

switched their vote from "yes" to "no."

Lucky.

She's spinning tales so she
doesn't look incompetent.

- [WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]
- Hmm. Off you go.

It was defeated by seven votes.

A win's a win.

[PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING]

I didn't want to be elected spokeswoman.

That's why I left.

Which only made you more attractive.

We need you. Hold on.

♪♪

McGovern always says you sold
him on the women's issue.

Well, then he shouldn't have
sold us out on abortion.

[OPENS DRAWER]

I'm gonna go to the convention
with my press pass

and my "Chisholm for President" pin.

Oh, don't give me that crap
about the power of the press,

and Shirley is gonna be out of
the race by the convention.

She got what, a dozen delegates?

I gotta go.

[RECEIVER CLATTERS]

I'm still working.

I didn't know your mom was a reporter.

Oh, for "The Toledo Blade."
She quit after Sue was born.

Hmm. Have you read this interview?

Oh, I don't need to read it.
I talk to her every day.

- [JAZZ PLAYING ON RADIO]
- Some of these quotes...

"At first, when people would
say nasty things about Gloria,

"I would take tranquilizers and cry,

but I've grown a lot lately,
and now I just laugh it off."

♪♪

- You should read this.
- I don't have time to get upset

about my mother telling the world

she wishes I would find a husband.

So you did read it.

Well, I got worried that she
was gonna say something crazy

like, "I wish Gloria would
find a husband."

Is that so crazy?

Maybe next year.

You know, we aren't getting any younger.

Nobody's getting any younger.

5-year-old's aren't getting any younger.

So you don't wanna have a child?

Well, I had a child... my mother.

I must have done a terrible job, too,

because look how she turned out.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Are you afraid that if you marry me,

you will turn into your mother?

That's a horrible way to propose.

[LAUGHS]

If I do it better next time,

will you change your answer?

Can we talk about this later
when I'm not meeting a deadline?

Yeah. I'll call you later, then.

[SIGHS]

[LAUGHS]

You can't put me off forever.

Wonder Woman.

Neat.

[MUG CLATTERS]

George McGovern is the
front and only runner

in the New York primary,
with all the advantages

- _
- and handicaps that usually means.

His own congressional
district may have sacrificed

a few delegates now for goodwill

and a larger payoff at the convention.

Campaigning in New York, McGovern has...

You got a few minutes?

Well, can it wait till after the news?

Oh, you know how this ends.
They run McGovern.

Nixon squeaks by,
and everybody's unhappy.

Only gets you agitated.

[STATIC, CLICK]

Oh.

Now can you show me where
Freund draws a connection

between the ERA and
integrated public restrooms,

prisons, and reform schools?

- Does it matter? We won.
- I know.

Just show me how he gets there.

Please.

[SIGHS]

Just run me through the legal arguments,

so I don't have to bother you each time.

Well, I like it when you bother me.

♪ For me and my gal ♪

♪ The birds are singing ♪

You weren't the only
one who was admitted

to Harvard Law School.

Hmm? I was invited, too.

When was that?

When I was getting my master's.

My constitutional law professor
thought I was brilliant.

[SIGHS]

You really want a crash course
in legal research and writing?

- Mm-hmm, yes.
- Okay.

Well, the first thing you need to know

when presenting a
legal argument is that, uh,

while you have a lot of
leeway to be creative...

- Mm-hmm.
- ... you never want to make

a statement which is objectively
verifiable as being false.

- Okay.
- For instance,

you wouldn't say that you were

invited to attend Harvard Law School

when it only takes a
phone call to find out

that you got your master's in 1945...

Five years before the
law school went co-ed.

♪ The bells are ringing
for me and my gal ♪

They would've made an exception for me.

♪ The birds are singing ♪

♪ For me and my gal ♪

♪ Everybody's been knowing ♪

- [CAN TOP FIZZES]
- ♪ To a wedding they're going ♪

♪ And for weeks they've been sewing ♪

♪ They've been sewing something
old and something new, so ♪

♪ Something that is blue so ♪

♪ They can make a trousseau for my gal ♪

♪ They're congregating
for me and my gal ♪

♪ Look here, why,
that's the parson waiting ♪

♪ For me and my gal ♪

♪ And sometime we're gonna
build a little home ♪

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

- Or three?
- Or four?

- Or five?
- Or maybe more.

♪ In Loveland ♪

♪ For me and gal ♪

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[HORN HONKS IN DISTANCE]

[HEELS TAPPING AND SHUFFLING]

[PAGES SHUFFLING]

Where's your fiancé now?

Ex-fiancé. No, he's back in the States.

May I ask why you haven't told him?

We would have to get married.

After the procedure,
there'll be a little bleeding.

You'll be confined to bed for a few days

until the bleeding stops.
I'll give you pills for that.

And I hope you'll use birth
control in the future,

especially if you plan to
spend the year in India.

[WHISPERS] Thank you.

You must promise me two things.

You will never tell anyone my name.

And you will do what you
want to do with your life.

["THIS TIME TOMORROW"
BY THE KINKS PLAYING]

♪♪

♪ This time tomorrow ♪

♪ Where will we be? ♪

♪ On a spaceship somewhere ♪

♪ Sailing across an empty sea ♪

You.

♪♪

I'll do it.

I'll be the spokeswoman.

♪♪

On one condition.

Okay.

We force the vote on abortion
on the convention floor.

♪ I'll leave the sun behind me ♪

♪ And I'll watch the clouds
as they sadly pass me by ♪

♪ This time tomorrow ♪

♪ Where will we be? ♪

♪ On a spaceship somewhere ♪

♪ Sailing across an empty sea ♪

♪ This time tomorrow ♪

♪ Where will we be?

♪ This time tomorrow ♪

♪ What will we see? ♪

♪ This time tomorrow ♪