Women's History Month: Video

Description from FOD: "They seemed to have it all—glamour, power, wealth, and adoration. Grace Kelly, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Indira Ghandi, Madame Chiang Kai-shek…they were worshipped, loved, and sometimes even feared by millions the world over. These were the pioneers who showed that a woman could be the equal of any man. But behind the public success, there was so often private heartache and personal tragedy. This series, featuring archive, interviews, and dramatic re-enactment, reveals the price these extraordinary women paid for their achievements. Yet in the end, they overcame all adversities to emerge as triumphant, inspirational icons of the 20th century."

Description from FOD: "This seven-part series, Great Speeches: Today's Women, offers important yet often impossible-to-find speeches by contemporary and historically influential women: from Barbara Jordan to Elizabeth Edwards; Margaret Thatcher to Michelle Obama; Sarah Weddington to Lilly Ledbetter; and Condoleezza Rice to Hillary Rodham Clinton. This collection presents noteworthy speeches that command attention not only for gender studies, but also for any serious study of historic public addresses. 7-part series, 66–135 minutes each."

In this provocative three part series Professor Amanda Vickery tells the story of the long war to give women an equal share of power in Britain. It was the Edwardian suffragettes who won the vote but Amanda Vickery reveals that they were part of a much longer struggle that had been going on since the 18th century. She shows how bloody revolution, working class radicals, love-struck philosophers, campaigners in the sex industry and even the humble bicycle all played their part in tackling the most enduring social injustice. It’s a story that puts the battle for the vote at the turn of the twentieth century in its true context and Vickery argues, it’s a war that’s still going on today. In this groundbreaking series Amanda Vickery, with her characteristic enthusiasm, takes us across Britain and deep into the corridors of power, bringing to life the heroic women and (a few men) brave enough to demand equality for all.

Over the past few decades, life for many women across the globe has changed beyond all recognition. This fascinating series explores how, from the highest echelons of society, to the lowest rungs of the global ladder, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Women today have the power of self-determination; the autonomy to choose their own life paths and identities, rather than those enforced on them. And while there is still oppression and repression from West to East, females the world over are grasping opportunities denied to those who went before them.