• Premiered: Mar 2020
  • Episodes: 30
  • Followers: 1
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Season 1
1x1
Annette Kellerman, mermaid
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Mar 06, 2020
Annette Kellerman, swimming champion and feminist, claims the right of women to dispose of their bodies by inventing the one-piece swimsuit, while advocating the benefits of sport.
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Josephine Baker - dancer and human rights activist
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Mar 06, 2020
Josephine Baker is not just a music hall star who wiggles around with her banana belt, she is also a committed and generous woman who uses her great popularity to fight racism and for black emancipation.
1x3
Wu Zetian, Empress
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Mar 06, 2020
Wu Zetian, destined for an exhilarating career as a gentle concubine, becomes, thanks to her political sense and her intelligence, the first empress of China, marking the country with a feminist and humanist reign.
1x4
Leymah Gbowee, social worker
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Mar 06, 2020
Leymah Gbowee, a battered woman in Liberia in the midst of civil war, frees herself from her victimhood and becomes a fervent peace activist, uniting women against the dictatorship that is ravaging the country.
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Nellie Bly, Journalist
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Mar 06, 2020
Nellie Bly, the first female investigative journalist, makes press history with committed and enraged reports. Its particularity: to side with the subject to best tell the oppressed and the destitute.
1x6
Temple Grandin, interpreter of animals
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Mar 06, 2020
Temple Grandin is autistic, and will use his hypersensitivity to revolutionize the food industry by imposing new welfare rules for farm animals.
1x7
Naziq al-Abid, activist from a good family
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Mar 06, 2020
Naziq Al Abid, born into a Syrian bourgeois family, decides to fight for the independence of her country and becomes the first female general of the national army.
1x8
Tove Jansson, painter, creator of the Moomins
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Mar 06, 2020
Tove Jansson is the creator of Moumines. These little trolls that she invents to tell the story of the freedom and happiness to which she aspires after the war, become Finnish national heroes, conveying her values with them.
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Margaret Hamilton, terrifying actress
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Mar 06, 2020
Margaret Hamilton would like to be an actress but does not have the head of the job ... She decides to make it an asset and becomes the most terrifying witch in the history of cinema.
1x10
Giorgina Reid, Lighthouse Keeper
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Mar 06, 2020
Giorgina Reid likes to understand how things work. This is how, retired, armed with determination, common sense, and an earthwork technique of her own, she saves a lighthouse doomed by erosion.
1x11
The Shaggs, rockstars
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Mar 06, 2020
The three Wiggin sisters do not especially want to become stars. But their father decides otherwise and they become the worst rock band of all time.
1x12
Mae Jemison - astronaut
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Mar 06, 2020
Mae Jemison decides that being a black woman will not be an obstacle to fulfilling her dreams. She is the first black woman to be sent to space. And the first astronaut to play in Star Trek.
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Peggy Guggenheim, lover of modern art
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Mar 06, 2020
Peggy Guggenheim dedicates her life to supporting art and artists, bringing together an invaluable collection of modern art that she makes accessible to all.
1x14
Sonita Alizadeh, rapper
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Mar 06, 2020
Sonita Alizadeh, a young Afghan girl, escapes forced marriage thanks to rap and stands up against the Taliban dictatorship. With shocking texts, she campaigns to change the lives of women in her country.
1x15
Delia Akeley, exploratrice
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Mar 06, 2020
Delia Akeley lives in the shadow of an explorer husband, and upon their divorce decides to lead her own expeditions to meet unknown peoples. At 50, she became the first woman to cross the African continent.
1x16
Phulan Devi, queen of bandits
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Mar 06, 2020
Phulan Devi comes from the lowest castes in India, from childhood she suffered the worst abuses and injustices. Her indignation and her anger will lead her to become "The Queen of the .. show full overview
1x17
Jesselyn Radack, lawyer
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Mar 06, 2020
Jesselyn Radack, a brilliant lawyer and humanist, devotes her life to denouncing CIA interrogation methods which violate human rights and the law in the name of the fight against terrorism.
1x18
Christine Jorgensen, celebrity
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Mar 06, 2020
Christine Jorgensen, née Georges Jorgensen, is the first person to have had gender reassignment surgery. A discreet and sensitive woman, she nevertheless manages to overcome the hatred .. show full overview
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Thérèse Clerc, realistic utopian
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Mar 06, 2020
Thérèse Clerc was dedicated to the life of a stay-at-home mother, but in 1968, she discovered feminist activism and became a great defender of the right to abortion, before founding a community and solidarity residence reserved for elderly women.
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Agnodice, gynecologist
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Mar 06, 2020
Agnodice is a young Greek woman who defies all prohibitions, even bordering on death, to become a gynecologist and allow ancient women to give birth without risking their lives.
1x21
Lozen, guerrière et chamane
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Mar 06, 2020
Lozen est une guerrière apache qui a défendu les siens aux côtés du chef indien Geronimo. Sa force, sa bravoure et ses pouvoirs chamaniques lui ont permis de lutter contre l’oppression américaine et mexicaine.
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Francess Glessner Lee, crime miniaturist
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Mar 06, 2020
Frances Glessner Lee is an American housewife gifted with Victorian miniatures, who revolutionized forensics and forensic science, especially with her models of crime scenes with formidable precision.
1x23
Clémentine Delait, bearded woman
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Mar 06, 2020
Clémentine Delait is a "bearded woman" who decides to take responsibility for her hairiness and the curiosity it arouses. She becomes rich, famous and makes a so-called "masculine" attribute a force and an element of feminine liberation.
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Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor
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Mar 06, 2020
Hedy Lamarr was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of her time. Her devastating beauty brought her fame, but overshadowed her true passion: inventions. Hedy invented - in complete .. show full overview
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Las Mariposas, rebellious sisters
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Mar 06, 2020
The Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva and Maria-Teresa, are heroines and martyrs of the struggle against the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 to .. show full overview
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Josephina Van Gorkum, stubborn lover
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Mar 06, 2020
Josephina van Gorkum was born in Holland in 1820. Coming from a family of Catholic aristocrats, this young woman in love with freedom, decides to live out her love with a Protestant .. show full overview
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Cheryl Bridges, athlete
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Mar 06, 2020
Cheryl Bridges is a shy young American who discovers through running how to gain confidence in herself and her body, break records, and pave the way for other women to achieve fulfillment through sport.
1x28
Katia Kraft, volcanologist
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Mar 06, 2020
Katia Krafft is a French volcanologist who has traveled the world to witness the most impressive volcanic eruptions ever documented by man, and shared her knowledge to protect populations affected by lava flows.
1x29
Betty Davis, songwriter
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Mar 06, 2020
Betty Davis, a child music prodigy, begins by writing songs for others. She decides one day to come out of the shadows by recording an album herself with sexually explicit lyrics that .. show full overview
1x30 Show finale
Nzinga, queen of N'dongo and Matamba
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Mar 06, 2020
Nzinga (1583-1663) became queen of Ndongo and Matamba (now Angola) in the 17th century to fight Portuguese colonization and protect her people from the rise of the slave trade.

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