Through the remarkable stories of women from five countries, Coleman reveals how women, working within Islam, are transforming the Middle East.

Julie Des Jardins uncovers the stories of prominent women scientists-from Rachel Carson to Jane Goodall to the women of the Manhattan Project-to explore how women have employed different scientific methods, asked new questions, come up with original explanations, and forever transformed scientific inquiry.

Filmed on location at many places actually frequented by the real persons portrayed and featuring a script written from primary sources, this documentary tells the life story of American author Louisa May Alcott, chronicling her efforts to rescue her family from poverty and find wealth, fame, and happiness for herself.

A remarkable piece of historical detective work, Mrs. Dred Scott chronicles Harriet's life from her adolescence on the 1830s Minnesota-Wisconsin frontier, to slavery-era St. Louis, through the eleven years of legal wrangling that ended with the high court's notorious decision. The book not only recovers her story, but also reveals that Harriet may well have been the lynchpin in this pivotal episode in American legal history.

A biography of Joan of Arc, a woman born a French peasant who achieved grat military success as a leader and a warrior.