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Eco-Warriors: Rosalie Edge
Season 3 Episode 156
Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) started her activist career as a suffragist and made her mark when she turned the conservation movement upside-down. She exp…
4 years ago
Eco-Warriors: Val Plumwood
Season 3 Episode 155
Val Plumwood (1939-2008) was an environmentalist and philosopher who went against the grain. She was a pioneering thinker in ecofeminism. She believe…
4 years ago
Eco-Warriors: Gaura Devi
Season 3 Episode 154
Gaura Devi (1925-1991) organized the women in her community to protect their environment and their heritage. Though her name has largely remained unk…
4 years ago
BONUS: Introducing The Accidental Activist
Season 3
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Eco-Warriors: Lois Gibbs
Season 3 Episode 153
Lois Gibbs (1951-present) is an activist whose work protecting her community opened our eyes to environmental crises on a local level. Her small town…
4 years ago
Innovators: Jeanne Villepreux-Power
Season 3 Episode 152
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871) was a self taught marine biologist, conservationist, and one of the most esteemed naturalists of her time.
Special…
4 years ago
Innovators: Mária Telkes
Season 3 Episode 151
Mária Telkes (1900-1995) was known as the “Sun Queen” because she dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun through technology, proving…
4 years ago
Innovators: Mary Walton
Season 3 Episode 150
Mary Walton (c.1821-unknown) was an inventor who came up with methods to minimize the effects of pollution caused by the industrial revolution.
Specia…
4 years ago
Innovators: Pat Spearman
Season 3 Episode 149
Pat Spearman (1955-present) is one of the living torchbearers of the Equal Rights Amendment. She may not have started her career fighting for the ERA…
4 years ago
Innovators: Sarah Parker Remond
Season 3 Episode 148
Sarah Parker Remond (1826-1894) was a prominent orator who spoke with the likes of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Through her speeches, she…
4 years ago