Unsung Women Who Changed America

The Series

UNLADYLIKE2020 is a series of 26 short films and a one-hour documentary profiling diverse and little-known American women from the turn of the 20th century, and contemporary women who follow in their footsteps. Winner of the 2020 Women Transforming Media award, the series premiered on PBS’s American Masters in honor of the centennial of women's suffrage, and is narrated by acclaimed actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint.

First Sovereign Queen and Last Monarch of Hawai‘i

1838-1917

Trendsetting Movie Star and Fashion Icon

1905-1961

Pioneering Labor Organizer & Suffragist

1882-1972

First American-Born Chinese Female Doctor

1889-1959

Bonus Content

Watch our Education Summit, explore more stories of contemporary women who continue the fight for equality and representation, and learn about the making of UNLADYLIKE2020.

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