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Pink Collar Workers: Mina Miller Edison
Season 6 Episode 241
Mina Miller Edison (1865-1947) was the second wife of American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison. She was an advocate for acknowledging the dome…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Pink Collar Workers: Virginia Apgar
Season 6 Episode 240
Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) was a pioneering obstetric anesthesiologist who designed a test that still saves newborns every day. She was also the firs…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Pink Collar Workers: Angélique du Coudray
Season 6 Episode 239
Angélique du Coudray (1712-1794) transformed the practice of midwifery in eighteenth century France. Her work was so invaluable that the king of Fran…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Pink Collar Workers: Dolores Huerta
Season 6 Episode 238
Dolores Huerta (1930-present) is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement. S…
8 months ago
Pink Collar Workers: Lillian Harris Dean
Season 6 Episode 237
Lillian Harris Dean, aka Pigfoot Mary (c. 1870-1929) embodies the promise of the American dream. She became one of Harlem’s most successful food vend…
8 months ago
Pink Collar Workers: Mary Seacole
Season 6 Episode 236
Mary Seacole (1805-1881) was a 19th century healer who was ahead of her time. This self taught nurse used her own money to sail across the world and …
8 months ago
Pink Collar Workers: Rebecca Lukens
Season 6 Episode 235
Rebecca Lukens (1794-1854) is known as the first female CEO in the United States. She ran Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory, successfully guidin…
8 months ago
Pink Collar Workers: Ela Bhatt
Season 6 Episode 234
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…
8 months ago
Pink Collar Workers: Sue Ko Lee
Season 6 Episode 233
Sue Ko Lee (1910-1996) was a labor organizer who participated in one of the longest strikes in the history of San Francisco’s Chinatown. She and othe…
8 months, 1 week ago
Pink Collar Workers: Carrie Crawford Smith
Season 6 Episode 232
Carrie Crawford Smith (1877-1954) placed hundreds of fellow Black women in jobs in and around Chicago through her employment agency. In an era when B…
8 months, 1 week ago