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Workers: Florence Knoll Bassett
Season 5 Episode 196
Florence Knoll Bassett (1917-2019) ushered in a new modern and sleek aesthetic for the American office during the postwar era. The pioneering archite…
1 year, 10 months ago
Workers: Mary Macarthur
Season 5 Episode 195
Mary Macarthur (1880-1921) was a trade unionist who fought for women workers. She founded the National Federation of Women’s Workers, helped pass the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Pat Schroeder
Season 5 Episode 194
Pat Schroeder (1940-2023) was a trailblazing force in American politics, known for her advocacy for women's rights and social justice. As the first w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Irene Fernandez
Season 5 Episode 193
Irene Fernandez (1946-2014) was a Malaysian human rights activist. She co-founded Tenaganita, a non-governmental organization that promotes the right…
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Emma Tenayuca
Season 5 Episode 192
Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999) was a Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who led a wave of strikes by women workers in Texas durin…
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Maria Moreno
Season 5 Episode 191
Maria Moreno (1920-1989) was a farmworker and labor union activist during the Farmworkers' Movement of the 1960s. She is the first woman to be hired …
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Sue Cowan Williams
Season 5 Episode 190
Sue Cowan Williams (1910-1994) was a teacher in Little Rock, Arkansas, who filed and won a lawsuit to end pay discrimination against Black teachers i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Florence Reece
Season 5 Episode 189
Florence Reece (1900-1986) was a writer, musician, and poet who wrote about unions, coal miners’ rights, and her own lived experiences. Florence was …
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Ela Bhatt
Season 5 Episode 188
Ela Bhatt (1933-2022) was an activist and organizer who founded the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA), which serves primarily low-inc…
1 year, 11 months ago
Workers: Mina Miller Edison
Season 5 Episode 187
Mina Miller Edison (1865-1947) was the second wife of American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison. She was an advocate for acknowledging the dome…
1 year, 11 months ago