Herstory
An homage to those who've made history as fierce, undeniable, unusual women.
Featuring the radio evangelist you’ve never heard of, a Kenyan marathon runner, two eight year-old girls who also happen to be transgender, and many survivors, fighters & dreamers.
Get your much-needed fill of Herstory.
Ruffian
Some animals might run faster, but none run more beautifully.
- 2011
- 09:48
- Gwen Macsai
- Katie Mingle
Aimee Semple McPherson — An Oral Mystery
Before Billy Graham, Jim Bakker, or even Bob Jones took to the airwaves, the first media evangelist in this country was a woman -- Sister Aimee Semple McPherson.
- 1999
- 20:01
- Art Silverman
- Deborah George
D Minor: The Ice Queen
If D minor were a person, who would she be?
- 2013
- 05:14
- Denise Ball
- Paolo Pietropaolo
Thembi's AIDS Diary
In South Africa more than five million people are living with HIV/AIDS, including a young woman named Thembi Ngubane.
- 2006
- 23:30
- Joe Richman
- Anayansi Diaz-Cortes
A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother
The story of a terrible crime and everything that followed.
- 2016
- 54:55
- Samantha Broun
- Jay Allison
Lucia's Letter
Slavery in America still exists. In southwest Florida, for example, women and girls from Central America arrive everyday looking for a better life.
- 2011
- 52:58
- Amy Tardif
Runner
One of the most remarkable marathon finishes in recent history was recorded in 2009 in Boston. There, Kenyan runner, Salina Kosgei had her sights set on the finish line, having traveled half way around the world to get there.
- 2011
- 07:58
- Jonathan Miller
Tea for Matilda
Feminist historian Sally Roesch Wagner muses that well-behaved women rarely make history while mis-behaved radicals, such as 19th century women's rights and peace activist Matilda Joslyn Gage, seldom make history books.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Catherine Stifter