
Ordinary Women: Daring to Defy History explores the lives and accomplishments of fascinating women who defied gender stereotypes but often found themselves pushed to the sidelines or erased from history books that weren’t ready to acknowledge them. This series is made possible by generous donations to our Seed & Spark crowdfunding campaign for the project.
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Air Date: 2016-09-12
Once dubbed one of the most dangerous people in America by J. Edgar Hoover, activist and speaker Emma Goldman defied ...
Air Date: 2016-10-12
In 10th century Japan, literary prodigy Murasaki Shikibu wrote the first modern novel at a time when women’s names we...
Air Date: 2016-11-03
One of the most famous and feared pirates who ever lived was Ching Shih, a young Cantonese woman who became the ruler...
Air Date: 2016-11-22
Few stories are as dramatic as that of of Ida B. Wells, a woman who was born a slave in Mississippi in the midst of t...
Air Date: 2016-12-08
A mathematical genius and pioneer of computer science, Ada Lovelace was not only the created the very first computer ...