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Revolutionaries: Madame Nwanyeruwa
Season 5 Episode 126
Madame Nwanyeruwa (c. 1920s) organized the Aba Women’s War, a revolt staged by Nigerian women against colonial taxation. Her actions helped ignite a …
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Muthoni Kirima
Season 5 Episode 125
Muthoni Kirima (1930-2023) was a top ranking female fighter in the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonialism in Kenya. She led groups in guerrill…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Denise Oliver-Velez
Season 5 Episode 124
Denise Oliver-Velez (1947-present) is a community organizer, professor, and writer whose work with the Young Lords and Black Panthers in New York Cit…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Mae Mallory
Season 4 Episode 123
Mae Mallory (1927-2007) was one of the many Black women whose activism during the Civil Rights Era went largely unsung. As part of the Harlem Nine, s…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Carlota Lucumi
Season 5 Episode 122
Carlota Lucumí (unknown - 1843) led a violent uprising against plantation owners in Cuba. She was kidnapped from Yorubaland and forced into slave lab…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Catherine Flon
Season 5 Episode 121
Catherine Flon (c. 18th century) was a prominent figure in Haitian history, known for her role in the creation of the Haitian flag. During the Haitia…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Elma Francois
Season 5 Episode 120
Elma Francois (1897-1944) was an Africentric Socialist political activist who is an official "national heroine of Trinidad and Tobago.” A grassroots …
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Altheia Jones-Lecointe
Season 5 Episode 119
Altheia Jones-Lecointe (1945 - present) is a Trinidadian physician and research assistant known for her role as a leader of the British Black Panther…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Season 5 Episode 118
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1946-2018) was an activist and social worker who led a key role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. She was Ne…
2 years, 2 months ago
Women of Science Fiction: Angélica Gorodischer
Season 5 Episode 117
Angélica Gorodischer (1928-2022) was an Argentine writer whose short stories ranged in genre from science fiction to fantasy and crime. Her works had…
2 years, 2 months ago