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In 1987, Waris Dirie had her first photo-shoot and became a supermodel sensation
Release date:
28 Aug 2024
Duration: 9:00
For nearly 40 years, women in Brazil were banned from playing football
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12 Jul 2024
Duration: 9:00
In 1956, US presidential candidates sent female representatives to the first debate on TV
Release date:
09 Aug 2024
Duration: 9:00
The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba
Release date:
12 Aug 2024
Duration: 9:00
'Spray-on skin' was used to treat burns victims after bombings on the Indonesian island
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16 Aug 2024
Duration: 9:00
The story of the woman who became known as India’s first female bartender
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22 Aug 2024
Duration: 9:00
The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records
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14 Mar 2024
Duration: 9:00
Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s
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20 Mar 2024
Duration: 9:00
She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers
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07 Feb 2024
Duration: 9:00
In 1973 a fashion show was held in France which the media dubbed the Battle of Versailles
Release date:
09 Feb 2024
Duration: 9:00
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States
Release date:
08 Feb 2024
Duration: 9:00
In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning
Release date:
06 Feb 2024
Duration: 9:00
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage
Release date:
08 Jan 2024
Duration: 9:00
In the early 2000s, a woman known as ‘Lady Tarzan’ fought India’s so called timber mafia
Release date:
19 Jan 2024
Duration: 9:00
The scientist produced an X-ray photograph in 1952, that helped show the structure of DNA
Release date:
15 Nov 2023
Duration: 9:00
In 1974, actress Kieu Chinh found herself on a farm cleaning up after chicken
Release date:
20 Mar 2023
Duration: 9:00
How Brownie Wise inspired an army of US housewives to sell Tupperware at parties
Release date:
07 Aug 2023
Duration: 9:00
MoMA bought photos from an African-American woman for the first time in 1979.
Release date:
16 Jun 2023
Duration: 9:00
In 1945 the war correspondent Lee Miller was photographed in Adolf Hitler's bath
Release date:
12 Jun 2023
Duration: 9:00
In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl
Release date:
19 May 2023
Duration: 9:00
In 1966, Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's visit to Trinidad
Release date:
24 Apr 2023
Duration: 9:00
A 2012 episode looks back at the work of the pioneering designer, who has died aged 93
Release date:
26 Feb 2012
Duration: 10:00
The journey from goddess to graduate in Nepal.
Release date:
07 Mar 2023
Duration: 9:00
Monica McWilliams played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process
Release date:
09 Mar 2023
Duration: 9:00