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Women Behind the Curtain: Fannie Barrier Williams
Season 5 Episode 56
Frances “Fannie” Barrier Williams (1855-1944) was a progressive activist who was part of the first wave of feminism in America. She co-founded the NA…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Vera Rubin
Season 5 Episode 55
Vera Rubin (1928-2016) was an American astronomer whose groundbreaking findings provided evidence for the existence of dark matter. Though her findin…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Mary Astell
Season 5 Episode 54
Mary Astell (1666-1731) is recognized today as a pioneering writer in English feminist history. She advocated that women have the same capacity for r…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Rani Durgawati
Season 5 Episode 53
Rani Durgawati (1524-1564) was the Queen of Gondwana. After her husband died and left a toddler son as heir, Durgawati ruled over Gondwana and fought…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Empress Matilda
Season 5 Episode 52
Empress Matilda (c. 1102-1167) attempted to expand the idea of who was fit to run a country in 12th century England. She was named the heir to the En…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Adrienne Fidelin
Season 5 Episode 51
Adrienne Fidelin (1915-2004) was a Guadaloupean dancer, actress, and intellectual at the center of avant garde activities in France during the interw…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Voltairine
Season 5 Episode 50
Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912) was an American anarchist, writer, poet, and lecturer. Her radical and compelling works critiqued the deeply confini…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Flora Tristan
Season 5 Episode 49
Flora Tristan (1803-1844) was a French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argued …
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Rose Morgan
Season 5 Episode 48
Rose Morgan (c. 1912-2008) was a beauty pioneer and the founder of the Rose Meta House of Beauty, the premier Black salon of Harlem. She created a ne…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Behind the Curtain: Catherine of Siena
Season 5 Episode 47
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) commanded a devoted group of followers during the Middle Ages. She was said to have received mystic visions from God f…
2 years, 5 months ago