Not Done: Women Remaking America
Chart the last 5 years of the women's movement and its intersectional fight for equality.
Women in Comedy
S2 Ep1 | 53m 18s
Makers: Women in Comedy tracks the rise of women in the world of comedy.
Not Done: Women Remaking America
54m 37s
Chart the last 5 years of the women's movement and its intersectional fight for equality.
Makers: Women Who Make America Season 2 Preview
4m 34s
Trailer for the upcoming season of Makers: Women Who Make America
Recalling the Comedic Genius of Joan Rivers
S2 Ep1 | 1m 46s
Examine how Joan Rivers used comedy to spotlight the inequality between men and women.
Joan Rivers on Her Rough Entrance Into Comedy
S2 Ep1 | 1m 4s
Joan Rivers describes her troubles breaking into the comedy world.
Jane Lynch on being a comedian
S2 Ep1 | 4m 31s
Comedian Jane Lynch discusses her career and being a female comedian.
Makers Women in Comedy Promo
S2 Ep1 | 30s
Makers: Women in Comedy airs Tuesday, September 30th on PBS.
MAKERS Women in Hollywood Thelma and Louise
S2 Ep2 | 3m 5s
Thelma and Louise struck and nerve with male-dominated Hollywood
Geena Davis talks about her career
S2 Ep2 | 5m 23s
Geena Davis discusses her career in movies and the role of women in the business.
MAKERS Women in Hollywood: TV Pioneers
S2 Ep2 | 4m 12s
TV pioneers like Marlo Thomas and Diahann Carroll opened the door to other women
Makers Women in Hollywood Promo
S2 Ep2 | 30s
Makers: Women in Hollywood airs Tuesday, October 7th on PBS.
MAKERS Women in Space: Women are here to stay
S2 Ep3 | 3m 27s
Makers: Women in Space traces the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space program.
Mae Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space
S2 Ep3 | 3m 55s
Astronaut Mae Jemison on reaching her goal of space travel.
MAKERS Women in Space: Peeing in Space
S2 Ep3 | 2m 5s
Women discuss the NASA engineering around going to the bathroom
Nichelle Nichols, Actress and NASA Recruiter
S2 Ep3 | 3m 56s
Nichelle Nichols on her role on TV's Star Trek and being a recruiter for NASA.
MAKERS Women in War: Combat
S2 Ep4 | 2m 16s
Makers: Women in War looks at American women’s increasing participation in war and combat
MAKERS Women in War Valerie Plame
S2 Ep4 | 3m 56s
Valerie Plame Wilson's career was sabotaged after she was “outed” as a high-level spy
Angela Salinas, Retired Major General, U.S. Marine Corps
S2 Ep4 | 4m 33s
Angela Salinas describes her career in the USMC and path to the rank of Major General.
Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Pat Foote
S2 Ep4 | 3m 40s
Pat Foote discusses her career and the integration of women into the U.S. Army.
Sara Blakely talks about entrepreneurship
S2 Ep5 | 4m 25s
Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, and her million dollar idea.
Xerox CEO Ursula Burns
S2 Ep5 | 3m 44s
Ursula Burns became the first African American woman to head a Fortune 500 company.
MAKERS Women in Politics: Government Shutdown
S2 Ep6 | 3m 9s
Female leadership in the Senate start the discussion to end the shutdown.
Nancy Pelosi, First Female Speaker of the House
S2 Ep6 | 4m 33s
In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Veteran and Congresswoman
S2 Ep6 |
Tulsi Gabbard has served her country and her home state of Hawaii in Congress.
Linda Alvarado
3m 23s
Linda Alvarado on her trailblazing success in the male-dominated construction business
Ursula Burns
3m 44s
Ursula Burns on becoming the first African American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company
MAKERS: Women Who Make America Trailer
3m 43s
Makers: Women Who Make America will air on PBS February 2013
MAKERS: Women Who Make America is the story of the Women's Movement airing on PBS Feb. 26
1950 Housewives
9m 14s
Most middle class women of the 1950s became homemakers. Many women felt dissatisfied.
Flight Attendants
3m 5s
Airlines had strict rules as to what the 'ideal' flight attendants should look like.
Awakenings
4m 54s
For the women of the 1950s the societal norm was to get married before college was over
Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963, an expose on the happy homemaker myth.
Barbara Burns
2m 54s
Get to know the story of Barbara Burns and how she broke into a male dominated industry.
Sarah Weddington
3m 33s
Sarah Weddington was a the attorney in Roe v Wade. Learn more about the landmark case.
African American women saw little in the Women's Movement that resonated with their lives
Trailer | Not Done: Women Remaking America
30s
Chart the last 5 years of the women's movement and its intersectional fight for equality.
The 2018 Midterm Elections
2m 16s
In the 2018 midterm elections, women played a bigger role than they have in any other.
Black Lives Matter
2m 28s
Raquel Willis on how the Black Lives Matter movement uplifts Black trans and queer lives.
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