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Adversaries: Mai Bhago
Season 5 Episode 251
Mai Bhago (c.1600s - c.1720) was a Sikh solider who lead 40 soldiers into battle against the Mughal Empire. She is honored as a warrior saint in Sikh…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Naila Ayesh
Season 5 Episode 250
Naila Ayesh (1960-present) is a grassroots organizer who demonstrated for Palestinian liberation during the First Intifada in the late 1980s. She end…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Tillie Anderson
Season 5 Episode 249
Tillie Anderson (1875-1965) was a Swedish American cyclist who dominated the women’s bike racing circuit in the 1890s. Her rival on the track was the…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Marcela 'La Tigresa' Acuña
Season 5 Episode 248
Marcela 'La Tigresa' Acuña (1976-present) is an Argentine professional boxer renowned for her contributions to women's boxing and her fierce fighting…
1 year, 8 months ago
Athletes: Anita DeFrantz
Season 5 Episode 247
Anita DeFrantz (1954-present) captained the U.S. women’s rowing team and was part of the team that won a bronze medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Ga…
1 year, 8 months ago
Athletes: Agnes Tirop
Season 5 Episode 246
Agnes Tirop (1995-2021) was a long distance runner from Kenya. She won the bronze medal twice at the World Championships, was a world class cross cou…
1 year, 8 months ago
Athletes: Earlene Brown
Season 5 Episode 245
Earlene Brown (1935-1983) was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal for shot put. She qualified for the Olympics as an independent athlete…
1 year, 8 months ago
Athletes: Baroness Masham
Season 5 Episode 244
Baroness Masham (1935-2023) was a paralympic athlete who competed in three Paralympic games, and won two gold medals. She founded the Spinal Injuries…
1 year, 8 months ago
Athletes: Miki Gorman
Season 5 Episode 243
Miki Gorman (1936-2015) was a barrier-breaking long distance runner. Born and raised in occupied China and Japan, she became the only woman to have w…
1 year, 8 months ago
Athletes: Debi Thomas
Season 5 Episode 242
Debi Thomas (1967-present) is an American figure skater who became the first Black athlete to win a medal in any sport at the Winter Olympics in 1988…
1 year, 8 months ago