01x03 - Shirley

[bunniefuu]

[Anita Bryant's "In My Little
Corner of the World" playing]

♪♪ Oh, come along with me ♪♪

♪♪ To my little corner
of the world ♪♪

♪♪ And dream a little dream ♪♪

Oh, what a handsome devil
you are.

Oh, thank you, Mrs. Thomson.

Oh, Beth would rip my tongue
out of my mouth

if she heard me say this,
but in 2 years, she'll be 18,

and I want a Schlafly boy to be
my son‐in‐law. [chuckles]

Relax. I've got two more
right behind him.

Tommy met a girl while he was
on leave in Honolulu.

Oh?

She was vacationing
with her parents.

They're from Ladue.
That's lucky.

When does Tom finish his tour?

Uh, by Christmas, God willing.

All right, everyone,
let's get started.

We have a lot to do.

Alice?
Yes. Um...

Okay, so I have booked

the conference room
at the hotel.

If you don't have
a room reserved yet,

see me after.

And I'm coordinating rides
to St. Louis

if anybody wants to carpool.

And we've proved we can stop
the ERA right here in Illinois,

and it's because
of your hard work

that over a hundred
of my subscribers

wanna come to St. Louis
for the weekend

and learn from our strategy

and help launch
our national campaign.

Our goal is to have chapters
in 25 states

by this time next year.

What are we calling ourselves?

Well, I think
the Schlafly Eagles.

That makes us sound like a group

of middle‐aged
German Girl Scouts.

[laughter]

The name should tell people
who we are,

like "League of Housewives."

That's good.
It's too bad it's already taken.

Eagles mate for life,

and I think that tells people
who we are.

But more importantly,
I have a profile in D. C.,

and, uh, if we're going
to catch up with the libbers,

we're gonna need to grow fast,

and my name gives us
instant political recognition.

The problem is "Schlafly"

doesn't exactly roll
off the tongue.

I've known you 20 years,
and I'm still not sure

where the L's go.
[laughter]

That's before the "A"
and after the "F."

Why don't we vote on it?

Well, if we vote
on every little thing,

we will never be ready.

But we are voting
on state leaders

because I plan on running for
head of the Illinois chapter.

Maybe I'll run, too.

Well, there's more to it

than baking bread
for a few legislators.

Pamela?

Oh, no, that's my manuscript.

Oh, I ruined it.
I'm so sorry.

Oh, no, it's all right.
It's just the front page.

This is smart.

What is it?

[dog barking in distance]

What if we call ourselves
"Stop ERA"?

It would be even better if we
could turn it into an acronym.

Stop Telling‐‐
Stop Tormenting...

No, Stop Taking‐‐
Stop Taking Over‐‐

Stop Taking Our Providers.
Protectors.

Privileges.
Stop Taking Our Privileges.

[laughter]
That's great.

["A Fifth of Beethoven"
by Walter Murphy playing]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[amplified voice]
Shirley Chisholm!

Right now, women, don't forget
to vote for the Chisholm slate!

Shirley Chisholm gets some
of her best support

from college students.

The spirit of Chisholm
is what we're here for.

We are the people.
This is a people's campaign.

A recent poll will put
her campus popularity

at second only
to George McGovern's.

We need a change. All men do
is get us into trouble.

We're in more trouble now
than we ever were.

As far as we know,

all the polls across the state
have closed.

Eugene McCarthy
and Shirley Chisholm

got 1% each.

She bristles at the suggestion
she step aside,

lest she draw liberal votes away

from other Democratic
presidential contenders.

Senator McGovern is likely
to get a good, strong boost

for the Democratic nomination
tonight. 248 delegates...

You pushed me to run
as the people's president,

and even if we didn't do as well
as we hoped,

we can still shake things up
at the convention.

That's right.
That's right.

Politicians don't give
their support

for a good cause out
of the goodness of their hearts.

That's right.
[chuckles]

You can go to the convention

and yell, "Black power,
here I come,"

"women power,"
any kind of thing,

but the only thing that
those hard‐nosed boys

are going to understand‐‐
how many delegates do you got?

That's right.
Yes, that's right.

Oh. Senator McGovern.

Mm‐hmm.
You want my delegates?

[deep voice] Yes, please!

[laughter]

Well, how about
a black vice president?

Hey!
[applause]

How about a woman to head
Department of Health?

How about legalizing ab*rtion?

Busing our children
to better schools?

[cheers and applause]

I'm glad you're staying in it.

Listen.

We got to let
the establishment know

that we done just about had it.

I feel we're about to be invited

to a street protest in Miami.

Okay.
[chuckles]

Why do we have to be in
the middle of the street while

they are in an air‐conditioned
convention center?

I'm tired of protesting outside.
I want to work inside,

where there is coffee
and carpet.

[laughter]

Okay?

[laughter]

How long these pigs
gon' be sticking around?

Well, George Wallace got shot,

and the president sent me
Secret Service.

We are living
in upside down times.

[scoffs]

To be fair, Nixon sent them
to protect you.

[scoffs]
To protect... or to surveil?

Does he even know
the difference?

The Man's always listening.

Where's Chizzy?

I gotta catch that last train.
We need your vote

on the education amendments
this week.

Patsy Mink calls me every day
to remind me.

[laughs]

You made history.

But if I could get

the endorsement
of the Black Caucus,

there would be a lot of press
going into Miami.

That is what I need
more than anything right now.

And you know I'm with you
all the way,

but I'm only one voice
on the caucus.

Don't sell yourself short.

[telephone rings]
[chuckles, kisses cheek]

Hello?

Baby. It's Bella.

You kicked down
that last door. [chuckles]

And you know you have when
the Gridiron Club

invites you
to their annual dinner.

But they didn't change their
male‐only membership policy,

so I replied, "Guess who's
not coming to dinner."

[laughs]

Aw, I'm proud of you.
You ran a terrific campaign.

Well, I'm still running.
Primaries are over.

Everyone's getting
on the McGovern bandwagon.

Humphrey, Muskie, Jackson‐‐
they aren't getting on it.

You know how it goes.

Party unity.
We can't look divided.

We are divided.

I admire what you're trying
to do, Shirley.

I really do.

I'll see you in Miami.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[dial tone]

She's not dropping out?

This is gonna be a problem.

♪♪ Mine eyes have
seen the glory ♪♪

♪♪ Of the flame of women's rage ♪♪

♪♪ Kept smoldering
for centuries ♪♪

♪♪ Now burning in this age ♪♪

♪♪ We no longer
will be prisoners ♪♪

♪♪ In the same old gilded cage ♪♪

♪♪ That's why we're marching on ♪♪

♪♪ Move on over ♪♪

♪♪ Or we'll move on over you ♪♪

♪♪ Move on over,
or we'll move on over you ♪♪

♪♪ Move on over ♪♪

♪♪ Or we'll move on over you ♪♪

♪♪ For women's time has come ♪♪

[cheers and applause]

[The Chi‐Lites' "Are You My
Woman [Tell Me So]" playing]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪ Yeah ♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪ Yeah, seems to be
a misunderstanding ♪♪

♪♪ 'Bout who you belong to ♪♪

♪♪ I'm tired of the he‐say,
she‐say who shot John ♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪ Yeah ♪♪

♪♪ I'm so tired, 'bout to
set my soul on fire ♪♪

[indistinct conversations]

First of all, we're all gonna
have to check in, I believe.

Hello, Mary!
So good you could come.

Why didn't anyone tell me
we were meeting?

I'm staying at the Doral.

No, watch out, watch out!
This place is a dump. Oh!

♪♪ Tell me so ♪♪

I'd like to give you this.
Oh. Thank you.

♪♪ Let me go ♪♪

♪♪ Just get on down, oh, oh, no ♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪ Yeah ♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪ Let me hear you say yeah now ♪♪

♪♪ Yeah ♪♪

I'm not telling you to drop out,

but the caucus has endorsed
McGovern.

I would like to see a list
of the specific commitments

to black needs
McGovern made to them.

Walter don't want any chaos
during your speech tomorrow.

Whoa. If I tell it like it is

and black delegates
defect to me, that's chaos?

[scoffs]
I call it a revolution.

Some of the brothers question
whether you're really

the candidate for blacks
or just for women.

I don't look black to you?

[sighs]

Does...

this make me black?

Do they know about this?
And the others.

Why are you carrying this
around?

To remind myself
why I'm staying in.

You go up against McGovern,

you're gonna take a beating
back in Washington.

I'm not going to roll over
every time

the Man presses too hard.

If I do, it's just gonna keep up
the pressure,

and I'm going to
keep rolling over.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

Uh, we sent letters
to all the legislators

asking them to let us know
if they didn't get bread,

and one representative
from Chicago

actually wrote me back.

"Now I'm a bachelor, so I don't
care one way or the other

"about the ERA,
but I want my bread,

and furthermore,
I want banana bread."

[laughter]

Luckily, banana bread happens
to be one of my specialties.

You should have seen his face
when we showed up in his office.

He will be ours forever.

[applause]

Yes. So there's nothing
more, uh, effective

than in‐person contact,
so I suggest that you, uh,

go to your, uh, state capitol,
preferably in pairs,

and tell your state‐‐

I find appointments
are generally useless.

Just drop by their offices.
Look them in the eye and say

"I don't want my daughter
to be drafted."

Yes.

It helps
if you, uh, bat your eyelashes.

[laughter]
Okay, yes, uh, Mary Frances.

Thank you.

[amplified voice]
I just wanna tell

each and every one of you

that if we did it in Louisiana,
we can do it in Arizona.

We can do it in Florida
and in Missouri.

[women murmuring agreement]

We must stop
these commie radical lesbians

from changing our way of life,
or it will be chaos.

Yes!
[women murmuring agreement]

If we don't put the brakes
on the ERA,

the traditional family
will be destroyed,

and once that's gone,
it's goodbye, America.

The Lord made men and women
different,

just like he did white people
and the coloreds.

Yes.
Uh‐huh.

Do we want the sexes fully
integrated like the races?

No!
No!

We must not let the same thing
happen with uppity libbers

that's happened
with those uppity Negroes.

If we don't put the brakes on‐‐
All right.

Thank you, Mary Frances.
[scattered applause]

Uh, thank you.
Uh, we don't have a lot of time,

but I‐I know there's quite
a few people who want to speak,

so keep everything ladylike.

Frisk her. She hasn't been
felt up in a while.

[laughter]

Hot off the Chisholm Trail.

[laughs]
Right this way, Mrs. Chisholm.

[laughter]

Tomorrow at the rally,

I am going to announce
that we should push McGovern

to choose you as a running mate.

She's already demoting you.
No.

First female vice president‐‐
that's real political power.

If we're serious about
shaking things up,

we have to keep McGovern from
winning on the first ballot.

If it goes to a second ballot,

if I can control a hundred
or 150 delegates,

I can be a kingmaker.
Queenmaker.

Yes. [chuckles]
If, if, if. You're dreaming.

You got a few dozen delegates.

It's time to drop out.
You've made your point.

Until McGovern has
the majority of the delegates,

it's still anybody's game.

Yes, why can't the caucus

throw its full support
behind Shirley?

We've been over this
a hundred times, Betty.

The caucus is bipartisan.

We can't endorse
presidential candidates

in either party.

Well, we founded the caucus
with Shirley.

We can change the rules,
and it's not up to you, Bella.

Gloria is our spokeswoman,
as everybody keeps reminding me.

I'm endorsing Shirley.

But you think McGovern is
the best white male candidate.

Oh, I said it once
to a reporter. I was joking.

Well, I support you
unequivocally.

We're not here to take sides.

We're here to fight for
the issues, not the candidate.

We already pissed off
McGovern's campaign

by forcing a floor vote
on ab*rtion.

Now you want us to keep him
from getting the nomination?

It won't work,
and he'll remember.

He'll remember when he gets
to the White House

that we were against him,
and we need him

to get a woman into the Cabinet,
get the ERA ratified quickly,

maternity benefits, daycare.

We can't afford to alienate
our male allies.

We finally got our foot
in the door,

and now you want us
to kick it down?

Well, serves them right
for making us wear heels.

If you understood power, you‐‐
I understand...

[whispers] power.

[normal voice] I am trying
to protect our interest,

put pressure in the places
that makes real results,

not symbolic.

I am not gonna let your ego
get in the way.

What, my ego? If you were
running for president,

not only would this
entire movement endorse you,

we would host fundraisers,
knock on doors,

make phone calls‐‐

Because I would go about it
in the right way!

Bella.

Do you want us to be taken
seriously or not?

Just...
She got 2% of the vote.

She took money
from the Black Panthers

and their endorsement.

Her campaign's a joke!

Oh, come on.

God.

Shouldn't have said that.

You always said
you would support me.

Why couldn't you go all the way?

[sighs] I thought
you'd talk to us first.

You just announced.

I didn't get anywhere in my life

waiting on
somebody's permission.

If you can't support me,
get out of my way.

No.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

"collectively,
we've come together

"not as a women's liberation
group,

but as women... [mutters]
The only‐‐"

[indistinct conversations]

them people is inferior
to us people.

Daddy, how can a man
who believes in God

talk like that?

Because I'm using the
common sense that God gave me.

[laughter]

Archie, that's out and out hate.

Hate?! What has any of this
got to do with hate,

you dumb Pollock?
[audience laughter]

[seabirds calling in distance]

[dial tone droning, click]

[droning stops]

[dial tone resumes droning]

[droning stops]

["All in the Family"
continues playing on TV]

I asked them to make you
macaroni pie special.

Did you ask them
to put brandy in it?

Who knows what they did to
this room before we checked in?

The caucus wants me to drop out,

release my delegates
to McGovern.

Which one?
[scoffs] Take your pick.

They both have been talking
to high heaven

ever since way back.

A female president by '76,
a black president,

but when push comes to shove,
it's like Pops always said.

Both: One hand won't clap.
[clapping]

And they can't see it!

Bella thinks I'm ego‐tripping.

Gloria is just sitting
on the fence! Why?!

Why am I the only one
at this convention

who thinks a black woman being
president is worth the run?!

Shh.
[cries]

What did you do when

the older kids on the block
ignored you?

[scoffs] I punched them.

[grunts]

Mm.

You punched them.

What's beginning to turn
into a nightmare

for the Republicans all began
on June 17th

when, according to police,

five men were caught
with bugging equipment

inside the Democratic
National Convention...

It's a shame
Pamela couldn't come.

She needs a weekend away
more than any of us.

I told her she could bring
the baby. They have cribs.

I don't know Kevin well,
but he sounds very strict.

[skirt zips up]
What are the legislators

supposed to do with those?

Well...

think about... Jacquie!

[laughs]

Did you know Jacquie just
became a grandmother?

Oh.
She's not even 35.

Yeah, well, she's very proud
of that fact.

Not as proud as she is
of those pillows.

[chuckles]

Oh, I should've brought
another skirt to wear tonight.

This isn't appropriate.

Here. Try this.

Oh, Phyllis.
No, it'll look great on you.

Well, what will you wear?

Oh, I've got to finish editing
Chester's pages

on our book on Kissinger.

Oh, you don't want to come out
with the girls?

Every day that man
is in the White House

makes us more vulnerable
to a surprise nuclear attack.

The Admiral lets you
edit his chapters?

He's a brilliant
military strategist,

but a wordsmith he is not.

I don't know how you even
talk to men.

I have spoken
with exactly four men

in my entire adult life.

Mm‐hmm, your father,
husband, son, and...

Both: And priest.

Treasurer quit, telling people

it was because his wife
was pregnant.

The committee chairman,
John Mitchell, has...

Do you know who
I can't even talk to?

I know.

It was really vulgar.

Yes, it was. It was...
very inappropriate.

Oh, I am so relieved
you feel the same way.

Can you imagine if Mary Frances

said something like that
in public

to an elected official,
wearing a STOP ERA pin?

How well do you really know her?

Most of our communication
has been through letters.

Well, she could be a member
of the White Citizens Council

for all we know.
Oh.

And she is probably going
to be elected

head of the Louisiana chapter.

What am I supposed to do?

Kick her out.

She's an effective organizer.

She's very well‐liked.

All the more reason
to set an example.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

They say Shirley Chisholm
tells it like it is.

[cheers and applause]

So I'm gonna tell it
like it really is.

[cheers and applause]
[laughs]

[cheering continues]

There are women within range
of my voice right now

that support McGovern,

and there are women that support
Humphrey and Wallace,

and this is your right.
Mm‐hmm.

But if you're talking
about women

becoming a political force
to be reckoned with,

you have to decide
whether or not

you're going to go
with the candidate who cares

about women's rights and will
go with you all the way

down the line.

[cheers and applause]

Or whether you'll support
one of the other candidates

because it has been
the traditional thing to do.

Mnh‐mnh.

In this country, everybody
is supposed to be able

to run for president, but that
has never really been true.

Somebody had to do it first.

[women shouting affirmations]

So I did it.

[cheers and applause]

I did it because I was the only
one who had the audacity

to shake this system up.
[pounds podium]

[loud cheers and applause]

Go with me on the first ballot!

[cheers and applause continue]

Don't play yourselves cheap.
I beg you.

You did not come here
to be delivered!

[loud cheers and applause]
Yes!

[loud cheering continues]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[chanting] Shirley!
Shirley! Shirley! Shirley!

[laughs]

So now you're breaking
the rules?

Whose rules?
The rules.

There are rules to conventions.
Have you lost your mind?

Oh, and who gets to make
the rules? It's rigged‐‐

the whole damned system,
and it's been

going on for so long, and you
don't even feel the strings.

[cheers, applause,
and chanting continue]

You need to stay on the dais
for McGovern's speech.

[cheers and applause]

[amplified voice]
It is an honor to introduce

Senator George McGovern.

We are here today because
he fought for party reform.

Every woman in this room
owes him a debt of gratitude.

George.

[scattered applause]

Bella, thank you so much.
[kisses cheek]

[chuckles, amplified voice]
Thank you, Bella,

but I can't take all the credit.
Some of it has to go to Adam.

[women booing]

Eve! Eve!

I meant Adam and Eve.

Eve was framed!

Yes, yes, thank you for that.
You know, my friends,

we're at a crossroads...

I know, the higher the hair,
the closer to God,

but I think I need to give her
the chance to make amends.

But of course,
if I say something...

It'll sound like a lecture.
Well, it, uh,

might put her nose out of joint.

Do you want me to say something?

You have a way with people.

[indistinct conversations]

Hello, ladies.

Oh, what's this for?
Lunch.

Watch out for Jacquie. She'll
put in a $5 and take out a $10.

[laughter]

Oh, did you all have a good
time on the town last night?

Oh, too much fun,
and the beds are so comfortable.

I slept like a baby.
Good.

This hotel is tip‐top.
Even the help is white.

We should have
our next meeting here.

Uh,
before our next get‐together,

maybe we could lay some
ground rules.

Uh, for example,

I think using
racially charged language

denigrates our organization
and undermines our mission.

What do you mean?

I just think we should be
careful not to be crude.

Who was being crude?

Did everyone get their ballots
for the state leader elections?

You said someone
was being crude. Who was it?

♪♪♪♪♪♪

Uh, to be honest,
some of the language you used

made me uncomfortable.

I'm sorry if the problems
plaguing this country

make you uncomfortable.

I thought this was supposed
to be a place

we could speak freely.

Well, I think what Alice meant‐‐

We know exactly
what Alice meant.

I don't know about the rest
of you ladies,

but I sure didn't come
all this way to be insulted.

[chair scrapes floor,
indistinct conversations]

[footsteps depart]
Well, you're not leaving.

[indistinct conversations,
chairs scraping floor]

We're doing just fine
in Louisiana without you.

We don't need your fancy slogans
or your big college words

to keep the ERA
out of our state.

Well, th‐that may be so,
but we‐‐we do need to be united,

if we're going to have
a successful national campaign.

Please stay.

So your friends can get
everyone else

to vote against me?
No, thank you.

Uh, does anyone here object
to making Mary Frances

the head of STOP ERA
in Louisiana and Mississippi?

Uh, Ann, uh, you're doing
great things.

I think you deserve to lead
the charge in, uh, Oklahoma.

Jacquie, you'll head up
the Texas and, uh,

Arizona, uh, chapters.

And, uh, yes, uh, Rosemary,
you wanna head up, uh, Illinois?

Oh, yes.

Does that settle it?

Okay. Well, I will put together
some talking points

that we can all refer to
when talking to the media.

Just a little script
we can follow.

But my communication style is
folksier than yours, Phyllis,

so I might change a few words
here and there.

Well, I'm sorry, Jacquie,

but now we are
a national organization.

We do have to have
rules of conduct.

'Cause it serves our cause,
uh, better

if we all use
identical language.

It's how we're really gonna
make it stick.

It's, uh, one voice,
one message.

But none of us can do it
on our own,

I mean, especially me.

I didn't even know
about this crisis

until my dear friend Alice,
uh, alerted me to the cause,

and I think
that's real sisterhood, girls.

[applause]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[receiver clatters]

[indistinct conversations]

We got a Humphrey delegate!

She said after my speech,
they just couldn't vote

for a white man
and asked to be released,

or they would release
themselves.

We're close to 50 delegates.

If we can get to 100, we can
start wheeling and dealing.

[indistinct conversations]

[exhales deeply]

[dial tone droning, clicks]

[droning stops, resumes]

Thadde‐‐

[TV continues indistinctly]

[receiver clatters]

[TV continues indistinctly,
indistinct conversations]

[TV continues indistinctly,
indistinct conversations]

[clank]

I'm Shirley Chisholm,

and I am a candidate for
President of the United States.

[Playing]

I feel like I've summoned
to the principal's office.

Would you feel better
if you took off that pin?

No.
I would.

This room is where
all the decisions are made,

and you're here. You.

Don't forget how crazy you were
for George

when you first met him.

He inspired you.
You wrote his speeches.

He's fighting for 90%
of the same issues as Shirley.

The only difference between them
is he can beat Nixon.

Come on in.

Oh. Nice to see you, Gary.
Sit down.

All right. [chuckles]
Come sit.

I apologize if I was out of line

at the platform
committee meetings.

Oh, you mean...
[clicks teeth]

[laughs]
It's all right.

I wouldn't last a day
in Hollywood.

Please, you're getting to be
a bigger ham than me.

You should see
her Marlene Dietrich impression.

What can I offer you ladies
to drink? Scotch?

Sure, I'll take a Scotch.
I don't need the calories.

Okay.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

What are
the different colors for?

Oh, the white goes
to the command wagon,

blue to McGovern's suite,
and red to the convention floor.

This way.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

You're not worried this ruins
the grass roots image

of your campaign?

Not particularly.
[glasses clink]

So if I pick up the blue phone,

I can speak to George.

Well, I'm not so sure
that he'd take your call.

[glass clinks]

He's still very hurt
that you tell the press

he's the best
white male candidate.

He considers you a friend.

Good friends are honest
with each other.

Shirley is a better candidate.

I did not say he considers you
a good friend.

[telephone rings in distance]

Well, how can I make it up
to him?

McGovern is
a hundred votes short.

If we can get a hundred more
women delegate votes

on the California challenge,
we could clinch the nomination.

And why should we help you?

We will back you on all
the credentials challenges

that matter to you.

[glass clatters]

Okay.

I could push him to choose
a female running mate.

Shirley?
Everything is on the table.

And what more can we give you?

You've already got
national daycare,

affirmative action,
ratification of the ERA.

You're not backing us
on the ab*rtion vote.

You can't expect to get
everything that you want.

Don't you expect to get
everything that you want?

We've done sampling.
He cannot come out in favor

of legalizing ab*rtion
and win in November.

All we're asking for
is a fair fight on the floor.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

What if... we stay neutral?

We let our delegates
vote their conscience?

And you don't let
the right‐to‐lifers speak.

We don't want anyone saying
that ab*rtion is m*rder

right before the vote.

Yes, and we don't want
anyone up there

saying that women are being
butchered on kitchen tables.

But women are being butchered
on kitchen tables.

Yes. We just don't wanna
hear about it.

[indistinct conversations]

Okay.
Okay.

You wanna shake on it?

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[button clicks]

[indistinct conversations,
laughter]

[elevator bell dings]

[chuckles]
Did you see the phones?

Did you see the blue phone
and white phone?

[indistinct conversations]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

Were you in McGovern's suite?

None of your business.

What do you mean,
it's none of my business?

This is my hotel.
[elevator bell dinging]

Huh.
Did you make a deal with him?

[elevator bell dings]
Oh, now I'm really mad.

I'm gonna write an exposé.

Oh, sure, Betty,
make it all about you.

Who cares if you're helping
the movement?

I am the movement.
You wrote a book 10 years ago.

[elevator doors open]

[laughter]

Hey! Hey!

[indistinct conversations]

[laughter]

You really play both ends,
don't you?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You make a big show
of supporting Shirley,

but you're really just going
to deliver women to McGovern.

You don't know anything
about politics.

I'm not sure I know anything
about politics.

[laughter,
indistinct conversations]

Oh.
[laughter]

It's Gloria Steinem.

We're keeping a running tally
to see how many states

have ratified the ERA
versus how many women

Warren Beatty has slept with
since he's come to Miami.

Isn't that hilarious?
My money's on Warren Beatty.

Smart.

[indistinct conversations]

[voices muffle and echo]

Representative Dellums
of California

today switched to McGovern.

I cannot abide cynical efforts
to stop Senator McGovern.

He is the only real hope
for bringing humanity

peace, freedom, and justice
to this country and the world.

[reporters shouting questions,
camera shutter clicking]

The candidates began lobbying...

[TV turns off]

[seabirds calling in distance]

Muskie and Humphrey
are withdrawing.

What do you wanna do?

Has Gloria called?

Baby... it's time.

Hanging on‐‐it doesn't make you
look good.

I'm going to release
my delegates.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

will present
the minority report on ab*rtion.

What's going on
with that minority report?

It's really difficult to tell.

The senator has taken no stand
in opposition to it.

He has also taken no stand
in support of it.

[continues indistinctly]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[indistinct conversations]

Hey, we wanna give up our seats

to a couple of women alternates
so they can vote on ab*rtion.

Thank you. That's so kind
of you. Thank you.

Bella. Bella!

Oh! Two more seats opened up
for women alternates.

I've counted and recounted.

We're at 48 "yes"
in North Carolina.

[exhales deeply]
Wow. North Carolina.

I can't believe it.
I have never been so happy

to see men giving up their seats
for the ladies.

You know, I think we're gonna
make it.

I think we might make it.

We're pulling it.
I just wanted to ask...

will take some state legislation

on every state level.

Women's rights to ab*rtion are
decided in the political arena.

He stated it should not have
a part in partisan politics.

They got North Carolina.
They could win this.

We have to take a stand.
[receiver clatters]

This is an issue of the day,

and it will continue to be
an issue.

We must take a stand.

[telephones ringing]

Yeah?

Now?

[ringing continues]

Yeah? Uh‐huh.

[ringing continues]

Uh‐huh.

[ringing continues]

Yeah. Okay.

[indistinct shouting]

Yep. You know what to do.
Go back. Come on.

[shouting continues]

What the hell is going on?

[shouting continues]

Yeah, I need to take
my seat back.

No, no, no. Stay down.
Don't get up.

They told us to take
our votes back.

Who told you that?
McGovern's people?

The word is out.
It's vote "no" on ab*rtion.

No, you‐‐you must have
some mistake. The...

Thanks. Okay. Vote "no"
on ab*rtion. Go back.

Go back to your seat.
No, I don't care if you...

♪♪♪♪♪♪

You promised us! You b*stard!

We didn't mention women being
butchered on kitchen tables!

I've had about enough
of you women.

You're a liar! Liar!

They're never gonna take us
seriously.

We're just walking wombs!
Back off!

[indistinct conversations]

Bella and I wanna make
one last push

to get a woman on the ticket
for vice president.

You think McGovern's people
are going to let

the convention floor
pick his running mate?

Whoever controls the phones
controls the floor.

You never had a chance.

Even if it is a sham,
if our female pick

makes a strong showing, it sets
the stage for '76 or '80.

You're our first choice.

I'm not interested
in another run

that's viewed as symbolic.

McGovern will choose
Thomas Eagleton,

as he has always wanted to do
all along.

And he won't mention ab*rtion
on the campaign trail

or g*y rights
or the Equal Rights Amendment

or anything that matters to us.

He put on a good show,

but don't mistake that
for real political power.

Power concedes nothing.

If we don't demand
true equality,

we are always going to be
begging the men

for a few crumbs from the pie,

trading women
for an empty promise.

[patriotic music playing,
cheering]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[cheering continues]

[amplified voice]
The Senator from South Dakota

and the next
President of the United States‐‐

George McGovern!

[chanting] McGovern!
McGovern! McGovern! McGovern!

McGovern! McGovern! McGovern!

McGovern! McGovern!

Oh, cheer up. We're not
going home empty‐handed.

Our choice for vice president
got more votes

than Archie Bunker.

I can hold my head high.

We're gonna be fine.
McGovern's a great candidate.

At least we won't suffer
another four years of Nixon.

[chanting] McGovern!
McGovern! McGovern! McGovern!

McGovern! McGovern!
McGovern! McGovern! McGovern!

[cheers and applause]

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[chanting]
Shirley! Shirley! Shirley!

[cheering continues]

[chuckles]

Yes!
My God.

Whoo!
Yes!

Yes! Whoo!

[cheers and applause continue]

Whoo!

[cheering continues]

Whoo! Shirley!

♪♪♪♪♪♪

Shirley!

♪♪♪♪♪♪

[cheering]

the next President
of the United States...

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really turn.

The dates are just there
to get you to buy more.

Well, if you want them,
they're yours.

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under congressional prodding...

Thank you.
I'll bring these to the church.

Back U. S. nuclear bases...

Now I want you to try
and put yourself to bed.

All right? I'll be up
in a moment to check on you.

The earlier lower casualty
estimates...

Good night, Willie.
Good night, Anne.

Pentagon thought was
the most likely method

of Soviet attack.

It was estimated up
to 21,700,000 Americans

would die in such an attack,
depending on the size...

[door opens and closes]

of the bombs
and prevailing winds.

But an attack
on the Whiteman Air Force Base

in Missouri would k*ll
up to 10 million

because fallout would be carried
to densely populated areas

such as St. Louis.

Other attacks would produce
fallout patterns

covering many states
and millions of people.

The estimated nearly


to an limited Russian attack
on military targets only.

The Department of Defense
said...

Anita Bryant: ♪♪ He hath loosed
the fateful lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Of his terrible, swift sword ♪♪

♪♪ His truth is marching on ♪♪

♪♪ Glory, glory, Hallelujah ♪♪

♪♪ Glory, glory ♪♪

♪♪ Hallelujah ♪♪

♪♪ Glory, glory ♪♪

♪♪ Hallelujah ♪♪

♪♪ His truth is marching on ♪♪

♪♪ Glory, glory Hallelujah ♪♪

♪♪ His truth is marching ♪♪

♪♪ On ♪♪