The documentary your grandmother watched in secret while pretending to iron.
This documentary goes back to the turn of the century to show how women shaped the nation’s history.
Direction
Ana Carrigan stitches archival footage into a secret history manifesto.
Writing
Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda's narration feels like parents finally getting it.
Production
Made for TV in '81, yet somehow more radical than most docs today.
Director
Ana Carrigan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on NBC in 1981, funded by the same network that gave us 'The Facts of Life' — corporate feminism's awkward adolescence.
Marlo Thomas used her 'That Girl' sitcom clout to produce this; she basically smuggled radical history into prime time disguised as a TV special.
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