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Disappearing Acts: Jehanne D’Alcy
Season 5 Episode 166
Jehanne D’Alcy (1865-1956) was the first French film actress. She was known for her work alongside illusionist and film director Georges Méliès. With…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Ellen Craft
Season 5 Episode 165
Ellen Craft (1826-1891) was an abolitionist and freedom seeker from Georgia. She disguised herself as a white enslaver to escape slavery with her hus…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Connie Converse
Season 5 Episode 164
Connie Converse (1924-unknown) was an American singer songwriter who was active in the 1950s New York music scene. Her recordings are some of the ear…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Gayl Jones
Season 5 Episode 163
Gayl Jones (1949 - present) is a prolific author celebrated for her writing about Black womanhood, slavery, and the African Diaspora. She disappeared…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Helga de la Brache
Season 5 Episode 162
Helga de la Brache (c.1817-1885) was the secret daughter of exiled King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. At least, that’s what she told people to earn thei…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Mary Carleton
Season 5 Episode 161
Mary Carleton (c.1634-1673) was a fraudster who posed as a German princess to marry a man she thought was a lord. When his family discovered her true…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Anna Mae Aquash
Season 5 Episode 160
Anna Mae Aquash (1945-1975) was an Indigenous activist known for her advocacy for Indigenous rights during the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the …
2 years ago
Women of Sound: Jean Ritchie
Season 5 Episode 159
Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) was the mother of folk music. She was an instrumental voice in the American folk music revival of the 1940s and 60s, and int…
2 years ago
Women of Sound: Margaret Watts Hughes
Season 5 Episode 158
Margaret Watts Hughes (c.1847-1907) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and scientist. She invented the eidophone, which allowed her to observe and visual…
2 years ago
Women of Sound: Maria Szymanowska
Season 5 Episode 157
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) was a virtuoso pianist, one of the first to perform solely from memory. She was known for her short, elegant salon piec…
2 years ago