Women's History - PBS Unladylike Docu Series
March is recognized as Women's History Month. It is a time to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. International Women's Day is annually celebrated on March 8th.
Below are videos from UnLadyLike2020 - 26 animated documentary shorts about trailblazing heroines.
Susan La Flesche Picotte - First American Indian Physician
Ynés Mexía - Accomplished Latina Botanist
Jeannette Rankin - Suffragist, Peace Activist & First Woman Member of Congress
Rose Schneiderman - Pioneering Labor Organizer & Suffragist
Tye Leung Schulze - Advocate for Trafficked Women & First Chinese American Woman Federal Government Employee
Maggie Lena Walker - Entrepreneur & First African American Woman Bank President
Lois Weber - Actor, Screenwriter & First Woman to Direct a Feature-Length Film
Bessie Coleman - First African American Woman Aviator
Charlotta Spears Bass - Newspaper editor, Civil Rights Crusader & First African American Woman Vice Presidential Candidate
Gladys Bentley - Gender-bending Harlem Renaissance Performer and Musician
Annie Smith Peck - Record-Breaking Mountaineer, Suffragist & Educator
Zitkála-Šá/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin- Composer, Author & Indigenous Rights Activist
Louise Arner Boyd - First Woman to Lead Artic Expeditions
Martha Hughes Cannon - First Woman State Senator & Public Health Pioneer
Sonora Webster Carver - Daredevil Equestrian & Advocate for the Blind
Margaret Chung - First American-Born Chinese Female Doctor
Mary Church Terrell - Educator, Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist & Co-Founder of the NAACP
Gertrude Ederle - First Woman to Swim the English Channel
Williamina Fleming - Trailblazing Astronomer and Discoverer of Stars
Meta Warrick Fuller - Trailblazing Sculptor & First African American Woman Recipient of Federal Art Commission
Lillian Moller Gilbreth - Pioneering Inventor & Industrial Engineer
Jovita Idar - Educator, Journalist, Suffragist & Civil Rights Activist
Grace Abbott - Social Work Pioneer & Champion of Children, Immigrant, and Women's Rights
Sissieretta Jones - Opera Star & First African American Woman to Headline Concert at Carnegie Hall
Queen Lili'uokalani - First Sovereign Queen and Last Monarch of Hawai'i