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Episode 108: Cicely Tyson
Season 3 Episode 107
Join me today to learn about Cicely Tyson and her impact on Hollywood. You've probably seen Cicely on screen at some point in your life... her career…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 56: Miriam Makeba
Season 2 Episode 56
This week's woman was known by many names: Mama Africa, the Empress of the African Song, and Zenzi (her African name that was a gift from her mother)…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 107: Mary Blair
Season 3 Episode 107
The amazing woman that we're talking about this week contributed to cinema not as a director, writer, or actor... but as a concept artist for animati…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 106: Anna May Wong
Season 3 Episode 106
Over the last couple of episodes we've talked about how hard it was to be a woman in Hollywood. This week, we're going to learn about a woman who had…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 105: Mary Pickford
Season 3 Episode 105
Join me this week to meet the first Hollywood Movie Star! Encouraged by her mother to go into theater acting to help support her family when she was …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 104: Alice Guy-Blache
Season 3 Episode 104
What if I told you that the first fictional storytelling film was made by a young French woman? Because it was... and you probably haven't heard of h…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 103: Qiu Jin
Season 3 Episode 103
Join me this week t o learn about China's first feminist.... a woman who wanted rights. A writer, a revolutionary, and a martyr, Qiu Jin was executed…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 102: Amelia Boynton Robinson
Season 3 Episode 102
Join me today to hear about the women who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, a member of the "courageous eight," t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 101: Alexandra Kollontai
Season 3 Episode 101
On this week's episode, we're going to Russia at the turn of the century to learn about a woman who was a significant figure in the Russian Socialist…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 100: Olive Schreiner
Season 3 Episode 100
We made it to episode #100!! This month, we're celebrating Women's History Month by telling the stories of women who were "good trouble" during their…
1 year, 4 months ago