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We can’t believe our final episode is out today,

We can’t believe our final episode is out today, and we’re honored to share a very special one that has become even more relevant and inspiring today- especially on #womensequalityday. The short is about Charlotta Spears Bass, who was one of the first African American women to own and operate a newspaper, which she used to fight for African Americans’ rights and speak out against racial violence. Bass boldly confronted the Ku Klux Klan and entered electoral politics, and was the first African American woman to run for Vice President.

The film also features Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, who speaks about the under-representation of Black women in journalism today, and creating the 1619 Project and the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Journalism. We’re honored to share the work of both of these incredible women. Link in our bio!

Photo of Nikole Hannah-Jones courtesy of John D. & Catherine MacArthur Foundation

Photo of Charlotta Spears Bass courtesy of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research

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As journalists and storytellers ourselves, it's es

As journalists and storytellers ourselves, it's especially meaningful for us to share today's film on Jovita Idar, a bold Latina journalist and women’s rights and civil rights activist. The film also features award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa @maria_la_hinojosa , anchor and Executive Producer of @npr ‘s @latinousa who reflects on Idar's legacy and the issues she exposed in her journalism, which communities throughout America are still facing today. As Maria says, "It's like she could've been alive today." Maria also speaks to the under-representation of Latinas in American newsrooms. Did you know Latinas make up only 2.4% of newspaper newsrooms?

Check out the short film on Jovita Idar (link in our bio), who exposed segregation, lynching, and other injustices endured by Mexican Texans in the early 20th century in her family's Spanish-language newspaper, "La Crónica," and later in her own newspaper, "La Evolucion." Idar and her family also organized the First Mexicanist Congress in 1911, a convention that tackled racism and the lynching of Mexican Americans, launching the civil rights movement for Mexican American in the U.S.

Photo of Maria Hinojosa courtesy of The Futuro Media Group @futuromedia. Original artwork of Jovita Idar by @ameliechabannes. The film is also on @pbsamericanmasters

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We're excited to share our next short film on Mart

We're excited to share our next short film on Martha Hughes Cannon, whose story feels especially important and relevant today. We're sharing it in honor of all of the women doctors, front-line workers, public health advocates, and women boldly entering politics today!

Martha Hughes Cannon was the first female state senator (who defeated her husband on the ballot!), and overcame great obstacles throughout her life, including having to flee her family and the country. At a time when few women were able to study medicine, Hughes Cannon was also a pioneering doctor and public health advocate, who was passionate about preventing the spread of epidemics, as smallpox, tuberculosis and scarlet fever were rampant across the U.S. at the time. Once in office, Hughes Cannon established Utah's first board of health and school for the deaf and blind. She continued to study medicine and public health after helping to pave the way for women to enter politics.

We're also honored to feature Mia Love in the film, a former representative of Utah and the first Black female Republican elected to Congress. Link is in our bio for the short film and on @pbsamericanmasters

Original artwork by. @ameliechabannes Photo courtesy of @repmialove

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Major funding for UNLADYLIKE2020, including the 26 documentary shorts, a broadcast hour for PBS American Masters, educational curriculum, this resource-rich website, and our impact and engagement campaign, is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by numerous private foundations and ten state humanities councils, as well as individual donors.

All UNLADYLIKE2020 original artwork by Amelie Chabannes.

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