Unladylike2020 : unsung women who changed America

Series of 26 short films profiling diverse and little-known American women from the turn of the 20th century, and contemporary women who follow in their footsteps.

Bessie Coleman: First African American woman aviator (1892-1926) -- Grace Abbott: Social work pioneer & champion of children, immigrant and women's rights (1878-1939) -- Maggie Lena Walker: Entrepreneur & first African American woman bank president (1864-1934) -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth: Pioneering inventor & industrial engineer (1878-1972) -- Ynés Mexí-a: Accomplished Latina botanist (1870-1938) -- Anna May Wong: Trendsetting movie star and fashion icon (1905-1961) -- Meta Warrick Fuller: Trailblazing sculptor & first African American woman recipient of Federal Art Commission (1877-1968) -- Louise Arner Boyd: First woman to lead Arctic expeditions (1887-1972) -- Lois Weber: Actor, screenwriter & first woman to direct a feature-length film (1879-1939) -- Williamina Fleming: Trailblazing astronomer and discoverer of stars (1857-1911) -- Tye Leung Schulze: Advocate for trafficked women & first Chinese American woman federal government employee (1887-1972) --^

Rose Schneiderman: Pioneering labor organizer & suffragist (1882-1972) -- Margaret Chung: First American-born Chinese female doctor (1889-1959) -- Gladys Bentley: Gender-bending Harlem Renaissance performer and musician (1907-1960) -- Annie Smith Peck: Record-breaking mountaineer, suffragist & educator (1850-1935) -- Susan La Flesche Picotte: First American Indian physician (1865-1915) -- Sissieretta Jones: Opera star & first African American woman to headline concert at Carnegie Hall (1868-1933) -- Queen Liliʻuokalani: First sovereign Queen and last monarch of Hawaiʻi (1838-1917) -- Gertrude Ederle: First woman to swim the English Channel (1905-2003) -- Sonora Webster Carver: Daredevil equestrian & advocate for the blind (1904-2003) -- Mary Church Terrell: Educator, suffragist, civil rights activist & co-founder of the NAACP (1863-1954) -- Martha Hughes Cannon: First woman state senator & public health pioneer (1857-1932) --^

Jovita Idar: Educator, journalist, suffragist & civil rights activist (1885-1946) -- Jeannette Rankin: Suffragist, peace activist & first woman member of Congress (1880-1973) -- Zitkala-S̈a/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: Composer, author & indigenous rights activist (1876-1938) -- Charlotta Spears Bass: Newspaper editor, civil rights crusader & first African American woman vice presidential candidate (1888-1969).