Season 1

E1. Annette Kellerman, mermaid

Mar 9, 2020 · 3m

Annette Kellerman, swimming champion and feminist, claims the right of women to dispose of their bodies by inventing the one-piece swimsuit, while advocating the benefits of sport.

E2. Josephine Baker - dancer and human rights activist

Mar 10, 2020 · 3m

Josephine Baker is not just a music hall star who wiggles around with her banana belt, she is also a committed and generous woman who uses her great popularity to fight racism and for black emancipation.

E3. Wu Zetian, Empress

Mar 11, 2020 · 3m

Wu Zetian, destined for an exhilarating career as a gentle concubine, becomes, thanks to her political sense and her intelligence, the first empress of China, marking the country with a feminist and humanist reign.

E4. Leymah Gbowee, social worker

Mar 12, 2020 · 3m

Leymah Gbowee, a battered woman in Liberia in the midst of civil war, frees herself from her victimhood and becomes a fervent peace activist, uniting women against the dictatorship that is ravaging the country.

E5. Nellie Bly, Journalist

Mar 13, 2020 · 3m

Nellie Bly, the first female investigative journalist, makes press history with committed and enraged reports. Its particularity: to side with the subject to best tell the oppressed and the destitute.

E6. Temple Grandin, interpreter of animals

Mar 16, 2020 · 3m

Temple Grandin is autistic, and will use his hypersensitivity to revolutionize the food industry by imposing new welfare rules for farm animals.

E7. Naziq al-Abid, activist from a good family

Mar 17, 2020 · 3m

Naziq Al Abid, born into a Syrian bourgeois family, decides to fight for the independence of her country and becomes the first female general of the national army.

E8. Tove Jansson, painter, creator of the Moomins

Mar 18, 2020 · 3m

Tove Jansson is the creator of Moumines. These little trolls that she invents to tell the story of the freedom and happiness to which she aspires after the war, become Finnish national heroes, conveying her values with them.

E9. Margaret Hamilton, terrifying actress

Mar 19, 2020 · 3m

Margaret Hamilton would like to be an actress but does not have the head of the job ... She decides to make it an asset and becomes the most terrifying witch in the history of cinema.

E10. Giorgina Reid, Lighthouse Keeper

Mar 20, 2020 · 3m

Giorgina Reid likes to understand how things work. This is how, retired, armed with determination, common sense, and an earthwork technique of her own, she saves a lighthouse doomed by erosion.

E11. The Shaggs, rockstars

Mar 23, 2020 · 3m

The three Wiggin sisters do not especially want to become stars. But their father decides otherwise and they become the worst rock band of all time.

E12. Mae Jemison - astronaut

Mar 24, 2020 · 3m

Mae Jemison decides that being a black woman will not be an obstacle to fulfilling her dreams. She is the first black woman to be sent to space. And the first astronaut to play in Star Trek.

E13. Peggy Guggenheim, lover of modern art

Mar 25, 2020 · 3m

Peggy Guggenheim dedicates her life to supporting art and artists, bringing together an invaluable collection of modern art that she makes accessible to all.

E14. Sonita Alizadeh, rapper

Mar 26, 2020 · 3m

Sonita Alizadeh, a young Afghan girl, escapes forced marriage thanks to rap and stands up against the Taliban dictatorship. With shocking texts, she campaigns to change the lives of women in her country.

E15. Delia Akeley, exploratrice

Mar 27, 2020 · 3m

Delia Akeley lives in the shadow of an explorer husband, and upon their divorce decides to lead her own expeditions to meet unknown peoples. At 50, she became the first woman to cross the African continent.

E16. Phulan Devi, queen of bandits

Mar 30, 2020 · 3m

Phulan Devi comes from the lowest castes in India, from childhood she suffered the worst abuses and injustices. Her indignation and her anger will lead her to become "The Queen of the Bandits", formidable vigilante and national heroine. Later, she returned to parliament and continued to fight to make the voice of the most disadvantaged heard.

E17. Jesselyn Radack, lawyer

Mar 31, 2020 · 3m

Jesselyn Radack, a brilliant lawyer and humanist, devotes her life to denouncing CIA interrogation methods which violate human rights and the law in the name of the fight against terrorism.

E18. Christine Jorgensen, celebrity

Apr 1, 2020 · 3m

Christine Jorgensen, née Georges Jorgensen, is the first person to have had gender reassignment surgery. A discreet and sensitive woman, she nevertheless manages to overcome the hatred she generates and use her notoriety to become the spokesperson for trans people.

E19. Thérèse Clerc, realistic utopian

Apr 2, 2020 · 3m

Thérèse Clerc was dedicated to the life of a stay-at-home mother, but in 1968, she discovered feminist activism and became a great defender of the right to abortion, before founding a community and solidarity residence reserved for elderly women.

E20. Agnodice, gynecologist

Apr 3, 2020 · 3m

Agnodice is a young Greek woman who defies all prohibitions, even bordering on death, to become a gynecologist and allow ancient women to give birth without risking their lives.

E21. Lozen, guerrière et chamane

Apr 6, 2020 · 3m

Lozen est une guerrière apache qui a défendu les siens aux côtés du chef indien Geronimo. Sa force, sa bravoure et ses pouvoirs chamaniques lui ont permis de lutter contre l’oppression américaine et mexicaine.

E22. Francess Glessner Lee, crime miniaturist

Apr 7, 2020 · 3m

Frances Glessner Lee is an American housewife gifted with Victorian miniatures, who revolutionized forensics and forensic science, especially with her models of crime scenes with formidable precision.

E23. Clémentine Delait, bearded woman

Apr 8, 2020 · 3m

Clémentine Delait is a "bearded woman" who decides to take responsibility for her hairiness and the curiosity it arouses. She becomes rich, famous and makes a so-called "masculine" attribute a force and an element of feminine liberation.

E24. Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor

Apr 9, 2020 · 3m

Hedy Lamarr was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of her time. Her devastating beauty brought her fame, but overshadowed her true passion: inventions. Hedy invented - in complete anonymity - frequency hopping, a process that led to the creation of wifi and GPS.

E25. Las Mariposas, rebellious sisters

Apr 10, 2020 · 3m

The Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva and Maria-Teresa, are heroines and martyrs of the struggle against the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1960. “Las Mariposas” is the code name within their group of opponents of the Regime.

E26. Josephina Van Gorkum, stubborn lover

Apr 13, 2020 · 3m

Josephina van Gorkum was born in Holland in 1820. Coming from a family of Catholic aristocrats, this young woman in love with freedom, decides to live out her love with a Protestant against and against the laws of the time. Her struggle for the right to be buried next to her husband has become a symbol of unconditional love beyond death and religion.

E27. Cheryl Bridges, athlete

Apr 14, 2020 · 3m

Cheryl Bridges is a shy young American who discovers through running how to gain confidence in herself and her body, break records, and pave the way for other women to achieve fulfillment through sport.

E28. Katia Kraft, volcanologist

Apr 15, 2020 · 3m

Katia Krafft is a French volcanologist who has traveled the world to witness the most impressive volcanic eruptions ever documented by man, and shared her knowledge to protect populations affected by lava flows.

E29. Betty Davis, songwriter

Apr 16, 2020 · 3m

Betty Davis, a child music prodigy, begins by writing songs for others. She decides one day to come out of the shadows by recording an album herself with sexually explicit lyrics that shocked an America of the 70s, not used to such an explosion of femininity.

E30. Nzinga, queen of N'dongo and Matamba

Apr 17, 2020 · 3m

Nzinga (1583-1663) became queen of Ndongo and Matamba (now Angola) in the 17th century to fight Portuguese colonization and protect her people from the rise of the slave trade.