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American Masters - Unladylike2020:
The Changemakers
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An exciting hour of TV you don’t want to miss!
UNLADYLIKE2020 is very pleased to announce our one-hour special
American Masters – Unladylike2020: The Changemakers
Airing on PBS stations nationwide Friday, July 10 at 9 pm ET
Check listings for your local public television station
here.
American Masters – Unladylike2020: The Changemakers
explores the accomplishments and challenges of five pioneering women who paved the way over 100 years ago in American activism and politics. These changemakers who
used their voices and power to run for elected office, organize for civil rights, and fight for the right to vote, are
Martha Hughes Cannon, the country's first female state senator;
Jovita Idar, a journalist, and president of one of the first
Mexican American women's civil rights organization; Jeannette Rankin,
the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress; Mary Church Terrell,
a leader in the anti-lynching movement and co-founder of the NAACP; and Zitkála-Šá, who
lobbied for U.S. citizenship, voting rights, and sovereignty for American Indians.
Presenting history in UNLADYLIKE2020’s signature style,
The Changemakers is produced and directed by Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley. Charlotte says the stories featured in the special feel current because, “The Unladylike2020 pioneers were critical to making
the equality agenda part of the national fabric of this nation.” Sandra adds, “Two of our changemaker heroines, Mary Church Terrell and Jovita Idar took a stand against lynching a century ago. In 2020, Congress is still debating the Justice for Victims of
Lynching Act after 120 years of efforts to make lynching a federal crime.”
The Changemakers is narrated by Julianna Margulies (ER,
The Good Wife, Billions), and features the voices of Lorraine Toussaint (Selma, Orange is the New Black, The Glorias), Deshja Driggs-Hall, Flora Diaz, Adrienne LaValley, and Julienne Davis. The
hour concludes with the perspectives of contemporary women thought-leaders, including Representative Deb Haaland, one of the first American Indian women in Congress; former Representative Mia Love, the first African American Republican woman in Congress; Ai-jen
Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; and Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, activist and member of the Ferguson Commission, formed following the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr.
If you miss the July 10th broadcast,
The Changemakers will be available on the American Masters
website through August 8th.
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SPOTLIGHT ON QUEEN LILI'UOKALANI
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The latest UNLADYLIKE2020 film,
released today, tells the little-known history of
Queen Lili‘uokalani (1838-1917), the first sovereign queen,
and the last monarch of Hawai‘i. Her short-lived reign began in 1891, and she dedicated herself to restoring native Hawaiian rights, until a group of American business owners, backed by the US military, staged a coup to overthrow her in 1893. After a failed
insurrection by her supporters, the Queen was charged with treason and imprisoned in her own palace for 8 months.
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For the rest of her life, she fought to preserve native Hawaiian rights and cultural traditions. Also a talented songwriter and musician,
the Queen composed over 150 songs, including Aloha ‘Oe, one of Hawai‘i’s most popular and enduring songs. This documentary features native Hawaiian artist, activist, and educator Meleanna Meyer; and Julia Flynn Siler, author of
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's Imperial Adventure. Watch the film here!
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JUNE RECAP & JULY PREVIEW
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In June, UNLADYLIKE2020 released memorable short films that captured the stories of four women who changed America – a gender-bending Black jazz musician and performer; a record-setting
mountaineer and suffragist; the first American Indian physician; and an operatic diva and the first Black woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall. Check out the episodes you missed on our interactive website
and on PBS’s American Masters
Youtube channel!
In addition to
Queen Lili‘uokalani, more amazing short films debut in July profiling:
Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across
the English Channel; horse diving daredevil and advocate for the blind,
Sonora Webster Carver; and suffragist, and co-founder of the National Association of Colored Women,
Mary Church Terrell. Check out our website and social media
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@UNLADYLIKE2020 - for info on each new release!
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UPCOMING VIRTUAL EVENTS
Looking for something interesting you and your whole family can do this summer? Check out one of our free upcoming virtual events!
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A virtual event hosted by public TV station WCNY in Syracuse, NY, will screen UNLADYLIKE2020 documentaries on trailblazing labor activist Rose
Schneiderman, and the first Black woman to found and manage a bank,
Maggie Lena Walker. The screening will be followed by a panel
discussion moderated by WCNY Vice President for Education and Community Engagement, Debbie Stack, and will feature Charlotte Mangin, along with Oneonta College historian, Susan Goodier, and Andrea DeKoter from the Seneca Falls-based Women’s Rights and Harriet
Tubman Historical Parks. RSVP here!
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PBS Utah will be staging an UNLADYLIKE2020 screening in honor of Pioneer Day, celebrated on July 24 in Utah to commemorate Mormon
settlers’ arrival in Salt Lake City and development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The screening will include UNLADYLIKE2020 shorts profiling the first woman state senator and public health pioneer
Martha Hughes Cannon, American Indian composer, author, and
Civil Rights activist Zitkála-Šá; and the first woman to
direct a feature-length film, Lois Weber. A conversation with
series creator Charlotte Mangin and additional panelists will be moderated by PBS Utah producer Nancy Green, who directed a documentary about Martha Hughes Cannon for PBS Utah. Stay tuned for RSVP details
here.
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RECAP OF RECENT EVENT
KQED, California Historical Society and
California Humanities
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On June 30, public TV station KQED in San Francisco, the California Historical Society, and California Humanities hosted a virtual
screening of three UNLADYLIKE2020 short films, chronicling the lives of powerful women who made significant changes in California’s history.
Lois Weber, the first woman to direct a feature-length film;
Tye Leung Schulze, the first Chinese American woman to vote
and first Chinese American woman to hold a government post; and Charlotta Spears Bass,
a newspaper editor, civil rights crusader, and the first African American woman to be nominated for Vice President were featured. The audience of close to 400 participated in a live conversation with Sandra Rattley, Writer, Director, and Executive Producer
of UNLADYLIKE2020, and Susan D. Anderson, Director of Public Programs for the California Historical Society.
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HELP US REACH THE FINISH LINE
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We hope you are enjoying the fabulous UNLADYLIKE2020 content that we are providing to the public for free! Our staff is working around the clock to create inspiring and innovative
storytelling, as well as educational resources and curriculum focused on each of our heroines that can be accessed free of charge at
PBS LearningMedia. You can be an active supporter of our stories of extraordinary perseverance, grit, vision, and overcoming almost insurmountable odds. We still need your support to help us close a fundraising gap of
$80K. Thank you to those who have already contributed. But please know we still have a lot of unladylike work to do and a donation from you can help make it happen. If you are able to make a contribution of any amount, it will make a big difference. Please
help us complete our mission. Thank you!
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All contributions are tax deductible.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO?
1.
Donate to the
project.
2.
Rave about UNLADYLIKE2020 to everyone you know!
3. Like us on
Facebook.
Follow us on Twitter
and Instagram.
4. Introduce us to friends and family!
Donations,
art sales, and connections are all welcome.
5. Post about the series on your social media feeds.
6. Stay in touch! Send us your ideas, comments, and inspirations.
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Thank you for being part of UNLADYLIKE2020's mission to bring hidden history back to life.
Charlotte Mangin, Sandy Rattley, Amelie Chabannes, and the
UNLADYLIKE2020
team.
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UNLADYLIKE2020
is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of
UNLADYLIKE2020
are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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