Timed with the 2020 women�s suffrage centennial, American Masters - Unladylike2020: The Changemakers takes a look at women whose courage and tenacity 100 years ago shaped the political life and future of this nation. Their accomplishments were instrumental in accomplishing voting rights for women � but also in improving the quality of life for all citizens. This hour-long PBS American Masters animated documentary film will present profiles of five little-known women trailblazers who were active in government, civil rights, and citizenship rights, behaving in ways that placed them outside the mainstream of expected behaviors for �ladies� at the turn of the 20th century. They include: 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 organizations; Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress; Mary Church Terrell, a leader in the anti-lynching movement and a founder of the NAACP; and Zitk�la-S�, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, who lobbied for U.S. citizenship, voting rights and sovereignty for American Indians a century ago.

Starring:

Lorraine Toussaint, Julianna Margulies, Julienne Davis, Flora Diaz

Genre:

Documentary, History