American Masters — Unladylike2020

Illuminating the stories of extraordinary American heroines from the early years of feminism, American Masters — Unladylike2020 is a multimedia series consisting of a one-hour special for broadcast and 26 digital short films featuring courageous, little-known and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century. These women achieved many firsts, including earning an international pilot’s license, becoming a bank president, founding a hospital, fighting for the desegregation of public spaces, exploring the Arctic, opening a film studio, and singing opera at Carnegie Hall. Presenting history in a bold new way, American Masters — Unladylike2020, produced and directed by Charlotte Mangin, brings these incredible stories back to life through original artwork and animation, rare historical archival footage, and interviews with descendants, historians and accomplished modern women who reflect upon the influence of these pioneers.

Pioneering Montana native Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, will be featured in UNLADYLIKE, a series of 31 animated documentary shorts for the 31 days of Women’s History Month, profiling unsung women who changed America in the early 20th century. Launching in 2020 for the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the series will profile female trailblazers from the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s) who broke barriers in then-male-dominated professions including politics, business, science, aviation, journalism, medicine, and the arts. Through broadcast, digital, and social media distribution, and community and educational outreach in Montana and nationwide, audiences will gain a nuanced, inclusive understanding of U.S. history and women’s history, and the role of the humanities, and explore how this past impacts Americans’ today.

For more information, please visit: https://www.unladylike2020.com/