Brooke speaks with "Mrs. America" creator Dahvi Waller

On the Media

• Episode: Brooke speaks with "Mrs. America" creator Dahvi Waller
• Website: On the Media
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• Duration: 00:20:59
• Published: 2020-05-20 18:00

"Mrs. America," now streaming on Hulu, depicts the near-passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and portrays the preeminent voice of the opposition, Phyllis Schlafly. Brooke spoke with the show's creator and executive producer, Dahvi Waller, about what drew her to the era and what lessons she takes from that contentious decade.