Producers of Hulu’s nine-part series freeze out social conservative icon’s daughter.

To have Oscar–winning actress Cate Blanchett depict your late mother on a prestigious network television series that could potentially introduce her to a new generation might seem like a best-case scenario. But for Anne Schlafly Cori—whose mother, Phyllis Schlafly, is at the center of FX on Hulu’s new period drama Mrs. America—the casting caused concern.

This Wednesday, the FX/Hulu television series “Mrs. America” premieres. The show portrays the Equal Rights Amendment battle in the 1970s with a focus on the

Liberal cultural elites have had it out for Phyllis Schlafly since she defeated the Equal Rights Amendment in 1979.