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Today is International Day for the Elimination of

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day to raise awareness about the violence women face around the world. Recognizing this day and issue is especially important this year, as data and reports have shown that domestic violence against women and girls has intensified around the world since the outbreak of Covid–19.

Many of the women in our series fought for women‘s safety– through organizIng as activists, advocating for legislation, and even through translating, as was the case of Tye Leung Schulze, pictured here, who translated for victims of human trafficking in San Francisco‘s Chinatown.

Rose Schneiderman was a trailblazing labor rights organizer who fought her entire life to improve safety standards and wages for women, and Grace Abbott was a champion for children, immigrants, and women‘s rights as a social worker and the director of the Immigrants Protective League and the chief of the Children‘s Bureau.

Today we honor these women and those who are working to address this urgent issue today. You can find each of these short films on these women and their work to improve the lives of women in the link in our bio and on @pbsamericanmasters

Photo courtesy of Ted Schulze

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On this day 100 years ago, Bessie Coleman, who wou

On this day 100 years ago, Bessie Coleman, who would become the first African American woman pilot, traveled to Paris to train as a pilot. She was rejected from every aviation school in the U.S. for being Black and for being a woman, but refused to take no for an answer.

Coleman made up her mind to become an aviator while working as a manicurist in a barber shop and went on to become a media sensation for her daredevil performances - hailed “Queen Bess” and “the world’s greatest woman flier.” She also boldly refused to perform in air shows where audiences were segregated.

We’re honored to share her incredible story during National Aviation History Month- link in our bio for our short film- very special to us, as our first (appropriately, the pilot of our series!) - & also on @pbsamericanmasters !

Original artwork by @ameliechabannes
Photo courtesy of the National Air and History Museum.

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Did you know it’s Native American Heritage month

Did you know it’s Native American Heritage month? Delve into little-known Native American history with the powerful stories of two incredible women we’re honored to feature in our series, along with the stories of bold American Indian women of today.

Composer and activist Zitkàla-Šá wrote essays exposing the injustices American Indians faced, as well as the libretto for the first American Indian opera- and co-founded the National Council of American Indians to lobby for U.S. citizenship and voting rights.

Susan La Flesche Picotte was a dedicated doctor who founded a hospital on the Omaha reservation in Nebraska, where she fought the spread of infectious diseases at a time when the U.S. government was forcing American Indian tribes onto reservations. Link in our bio for our short film on Picotte, featuring the first woman to head the U.S. Indian Health Service, Dr. Yvette Roubideaux. Also on @pbsamericanmasters !

Original artwork by @ameliechabannes

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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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