![]() ![]() Executive Producers for Unladylike2020 are Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley. To learn more about all the women featured in the series, visit pbs.org/unladylike2020.Īmerican Masters – Unladylike2020 is a production of Unladylike Productions, LLC in association with THIRTEEN’s American Masters. Congress Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel Sissieretta Jones, the first African American to sing opera on the main stage at Carnegie Hall and Lois Weber, the first woman to direct a feature-length film, among many others. UNLADYLIKE2020 AMERICAN MASTERS LICENSESome of the women featured include Bessie Coleman, the first African American to earn an international pilot’s license Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American physician who also founded a hospital on the Omaha Reservation Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. Archival photograph of octogenarian Mary Church Terrell in the 1950s protesting the segregation of public places in Washington, DC. The focus on modern-day trailblazers also enriches the content with dynamic juxtapositions of past and present. Original artwork and animation created by visual artist Amelie Chabannes adds visual texture, infusing black and white images with captivating color and action. ![]() Despite that, intrepid women managed to break into new professions, step into leadership roles, and fight for suffrage and an end to discrimination – challenging expected behavior for “a lady.” Presenting history in a bold new way, American Masters - Unladylike2020, produced and directed by Charlotte Mangin, brings the incredible stories of these pioneering women to life through rare archival footage and interviews with descendants, historians and accomplished modern women who reflect upon their influence. Women who worked outside of the home were usually single, widowed, divorced, poor, or women of color who had to contend not only with sexism, but also severe racial discrimination. They faced limited career and educational choices, it was illegal for married women to work in some places, and women could even be arrested for wearing pants in public. Only a century ago, women in America did not have the right to vote, and had only recently won the right to own property or get divorced. Jeannette Rankin, speaking from the balcony of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, April 2, 1917. Narrated by Julianna Margulies ( The Good Wife ER Billions) and Lorraine Toussaint ( Selma Orange is the New Black The Glorias), American Masters – Unladylike2020 special will premiere as part of PBS’ summer-long celebration of female trailblazers. UNLADYLIKE2020 AMERICAN MASTERS SERIESOne-hour special premieres Summer 2020 as part of PBS’ celebration of female trailblazers in honor of the women’s vote centennial – Friday, July 10 at 9 pmĪmerican Masters illuminates the inspiring stories of little-known American heroines from the early years of feminism and the women who now follow in their footsteps with Unladylike2020, an innovative multimedia series launching in honor of the 100 th anniversary of women’s suffrage. New multimedia series narrated by Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Julianna Margulies and Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice Award-winner Lorraine Toussaint AMERICAN MASTERS Spotlights 26 Unsung Women Who Changed History, “Unladylike2020,” Friday, July 10Īmerican Masters Spotlights 26 Unsung Women Who Changed History with Unladylike2020 ![]()
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