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Pancho Barnes escaped kidnappers by riding a horse across Mexico dressed as a man— said ‘No!” to authority— beat Amelia Earhart’s speed record— and much more.
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An interview with playwright Zakiyyah Alexander telling why she's so inspired by Adrienne Kennedy.
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Writer Sonay Hoffman tells the story of Hannah Crafts, a former slave who risked everything to write her novel.
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An interview where performer/teacher Jill Klein explains why attorney Clara Shortridge Foltz blows her mind.
3:57
Mollie Lowery saw a need and took action — to help homeless men.
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An interview with director Roberta Levitow talking about Rose Mbowa also known as Mother Uganda.
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Hear the story of film icon Hedy Lamarr, “the most beautiful woman alive”, who was admired for her looks but ignored for her intellect.
4:16
An interview with writer Ellen Gavin telling us about Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, activist, labor organizer, and one of the founders of the ACLU.
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Activist/philosopher Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese-American woman born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn in the early 20th century dedicated her prodigious intellect and great heart to the causes of civil rights for African-Americans in Detroit.
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Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman tells the moving story of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from the obstacles she faced as a young mother starting a career through her unlikely friendship with her political opposite, Antonin Scalia.