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- Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?
- The history of fictional female heroes in Western media from Wonder Woman's creation onward.
- Chronicles the unsung stories of African-American women athletes who pioneered in professional wrestling's male-dominated arenas, defying societal barriers well before civil rights and feminist movements.
- African American women in science of the past and present serve as the pathway to our future women in science and engineering, and are committed to inspiring and motivating the next generation of African American women in science. They understand the struggle of being the only woman, as well as the only woman of color, in a predominantly male industry where often their opinions and suggestions are sometimes second guessed. More than anything their mission is to change what the face of STEM looks like and to give hope to the next generation. The documentary presents the stories of Dr. Alice Pendleton a NASA Space Research Scientist, Three of the First Black Nurses hired at the Baton Rouge General Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, NASA Engineer Dr. K. Renee Horton, Viral Researcher and Doctoral Candidate at Tulane University, Antoinette Bell Kareem, Educator in Science Katherine Michele Sanders, and Dr. Cordel Parris, the first African American female cardiologist in the state of Louisiana owning her own practice.
- Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners is a 2022 documentary film about nine USA-born, African American, sub-three-hour marathoners, who were inducted into the National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame.
- The ring mat has the AWWF logo. The ring M.C. presents the new AWWF and it's lot of glamour girl wrestlers. A number of wrestling matches follow, as in a live TV show.
- In 1936, a right-wing military coup tried to overthrow the new, legally elected, democratic government of Spain. Hitler and Mussolini quickly joined the fight on the side of the fascist military. In response, and against the wishes of the U.S. government, about 80 American women joined over 2700 of their countrymen to volunteer for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. This film is composed of interviews with and excerpts from the letters, journals, and published writings of some of these women, as well as of supporters and sympathizers including Martha Gellhorn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Virginia Cowles, Josephine Herbst, and Dorothy Parker.
- The cowgirls in this documentary are modern-day women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The film spans three generations, telling the inspirational real-life stories of women who are living their own "dream-come-true" existences.
- The Myth of the Black Superwoman, is an exploration of Mental Health and African American women. The purpose of this documentary is to dispel the myth that black women must be superwomen; pillars of strength for their families, communities and nations at the expense of their personal health and well-being. African American Women are often praised for their ability to be strong, their sheer fortitude to exude 'black girl magic' and their uncanny aptitude to bounce back. Nevertheless, there is a time in which many black women experience depression or other mental health challenges without proper diagnosis or treatment. No longer does the humanity of the black woman have to surrender itself to the stereotypes created by the false narrative of vulnerability as weakness and the idea of mental self-care as a lack of faith or discipline.
- The unearthed truths about Black Women in American Horror.
- Cecilia Fajardo-Hill (Guest Curator - Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985) and Theresa Sotto (Assistant Director Academic Programs - Hammer Museum) discuss the exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985. The exhibition focuses on the artistic practices of women artists working in Latin America and US-born women artists of Latino heritage between 1960 and 1985, providing insight into this important period in Latin American history and in the development of contemporary art.
- American girls and women continue to face institutional gender discrimination trying to play, coach, and umpire America's game, baseball. Shutout! chronicles the historical, political and cultural factors that led to the shocking systematic exclusion of girls and women from the game, celebrates those who've succeeded in the face of such challenges and considers the path forward to make baseball available to everyone in America.
- A live action film that uses juggling to give tribute to Black History Month.
- Resounding, focusing on the significance of the Justice Bell, offers insight in the Women's Suffrage movement. It highlights the women of color, who continued to press for voting equality and inclusive long after the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
- This short film presented by Corning Glass Works shows how their company uses the everyday American women for advice in the design of their products. Women are asked to test the product and help make suggestions on what to improve.
- Latin America has produced some of the most innovative, exciting and relevant artists in the contemporary art world. This film explores the critical and influential role of women in Latin American art and the effect this has had around the world.
- The story of women in racing is more and more the story of racing itself. Women have arrived in American horse racing, from coast to coast, bringing a new energy and fresh perspective to the industry. They've won their spurs with talent and hard work. And something more - heart, compassion, a real love for the game, a real love for the horse. It hasn't always been an easy trip, but women have come a long way, from obscurity to the winner's circle, from the back barns to the Hall of Fame.
- A documentary exploring the evolution of nursing in the United States. Uses archival footage, stills, film clips and interviews with nurses from World War I to the present.
- Concerned about the declining health of people all around them, Native American women are sparking physical and spiritual rejuvenation through reclaiming traditional foodways.
- I have been doing research on African & African American history for over 30 years, I have recored our history on video tape. Here is one of my videos about African American Heroes of the Revolutionary War and how valuable they were to America the beginning of a young country. Many African Americans played a crucial Part in the first and most important War, if we lose this war theirs no America Period. Crispus Attucks a black man was the first to die for freedom., and many more African American Heroes in my video to learn about.
- An American Film Institute Tribute which include comments from actors Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody as they discuss their characters and performances.
- 1987– 50mTV-144.3 (128)TV EpisodeThey were unlikely killers, to say the least. Barely out of their teens, products of California's post-war suburbs, they became eager members of Charles Manson's bizarre family.
- 200627mTV EpisodeWomen achievement, the history of women in America and women heroes are shown in this seventh program of American women history.
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- 2020–Podcast EpisodeLaura interviews historians Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow, editors of the new book "Suffrage at 100", a collection of essays from various writers about women in American politics since 1920.
- 2020–Podcast EpisodeLaura continues her interview with historians Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow, editors of the new book "Suffrage at 100", a collection of essays from various writers about women in American politics since 1920.
- 2008–Podcast Episode