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Makers: Women Who Make America

Season 2 (6 Episodes)

2 Seasons2014TV-141h 00m7.5

In the last half-century, women have fought their way into nearly every sphere of American life, from the battlefield to the comedy club, the soundstage to the Senate. The second season examines the impact of the women’s movement on six fields once largely closed to women: business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war and politics. In each field, women have pried open, and profoundly reshaped, the central institutions of American life and culture. Through intimate interviews with trailblazing women...

Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Women in Comedy

1. Women in Comedy

Aired: Sep 30, 2014

From PBS - Track the rise of women in the world of comedy.

Episode 2 Women in Hollywood

2. Women in Hollywood

Aired: Oct 7, 2014

From PBS - Follow women of showbiz as they influence one of the country's big...

Episode 3 Women in Space

3. Women in Space

Aired: Oct 14, 2014

From PBS - Trace the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space program.

Episode 4 Women in War

4. Women in War

Aired: Oct 21, 2014

From PBS - Look at American women's increasing participation in war--from Vie...

Episode 5 Women in Business

5. Women in Business

Aired: Oct 28, 2014

From PBS - Hear about the exceptional women -- past and present -- who have t...

Episode 6 Women in Politics

6. Women in Politics

Aired: Nov 3, 2014

From PBS - View profiles of women in public office who were "firsts" in their...

Info about Makers: Women Who Make America

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary