Look for the woman

On ARTE, 30 episodes of 3 mn to speak to us about 30 forgotten women who nevertheless contributed to write the great chapters of the History. This series sheds light on their careers, exposing the reasons for this occultation. Click on this link, and you will hear about :

  • Lilith : The Bible
  • Cro-mignonne : Prehistory
  • Sumerian: The history of beer
  • Hatshepsut : Egypt of the pharaohs
  • Viqueen : The time of the Vikings
  • Trota : The history of science
  • Christine de Pizan : Literature in the Middle Ages
  • Catherine Bernard : The great playwrights
  • Onna Musha : Samurais
  • Jeanne Villepreux-Power : The Evolution of Science in the 18th Century
  • Mary Anning : The Evolution of Science in the 18th Century
  • Flora Tristan : Communism
  • Ida Pfeiffer : The Great Adventure Stories of the 19th Century
  • Ada Lovelace: The Invention of the Computer
  • Lena Jordan : Sports Achievements
  • Nettie Stevens: The Birth of Genetics
  • Alice Guy : The Birth of the Cinematograph
  • Elizabeth Magie : The History of Board Games
  • Mileva Einstein : Albert Einstein
  • Sabina Spielrein : The Birth of Psychoanalysis
  • Lucia Moholy : Architecture and Design in the 20th Century
  • Cecilia Payne : Astrophysics in the Early 20th Century
  • Paulette Nardal : Negritude
  • Lise Meitner: The Age of the Atom
  • Marthe Gautier : The progress of genetics
  • Anna Arnold Hedgeman : The African-American Civil Rights Movement
  • Catherine Leroy : War Photography

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