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Back to SearchGroundbreaking Women Doctors of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Season 3 Episode 24
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Most people think there were only a few women doctors in the 1800s and early 1900s but there were thousands.
These women found a way a…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Willard - "Lady Sherlock" of Forensic Science in 1930
Season 3 Episode 23
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It had to start somewhere and it started with Mary Willard - Forensic Science - the beginning of CSI.
Mary was an assistant professor …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Frances Glessner Lee - The Mother of Forensic Science
Season 3 Episode 22
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Without a medical degree, Frances, at the age of 53, changed the course of crime scene investigation and forensic pathology in the Un…
5 months ago
The Story of Dr. Esther Lovejoy - First Woman Doctor in Oregon - 1894
Season 3 Episode 21
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Esther Lovejoy was one of the pioneering women in the medical field in the late 1890s until her death in 1967.
She not only traveled …
5 months, 1 week ago
The Real Reason Ruth Handler Created "Barbie"!
Season 3 Episode 20
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Barbie is not a bimbo! Ruth's intention for creating the Barbie doll was so that girls could role play who they could be as adults. …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Woman Who Took Down the Biggest Mob Boss in New York in 1936!
Season 3 Episode 19
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Her name is Eunice Carter and she should be in our history books.
First Black woman to receive a law degree from Fordham University.
Fi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Unsung Heroes - Women Who Went to War Without Guns During WW2, the Korean War and Vietnam
Season 3 Episode 18
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They were called Donut Dollies, a name that doesn't represent who they were or what they did.
Thousands of women volunteers from WW2, …
6 months ago
Women Gangsters of the 19th Century!
Season 3 Episode 17
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We think that all women in the 1800s were demure housewives and mothers but there were some women who took America by storm with thei…
6 months, 1 week ago
Emma Gatewood - First Woman to Complete a 2,050 Mile Hike in 1954 - alone!
Season 3 Episode 16
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The Appalachian Trail is a brutal 2,050 mile hike that travels through 14 states and takes 4-6 months to complete.
Only 20% of hikers …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
"Radium Girls" - The job was deadly but they didn't know it.
Season 3 Episode 15
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We go to work thinking we're safe. That's what women who worked in the paint factories were told in the 1920s. It was a lie.
These…
6 months, 3 weeks ago