20th Century Influential American Women: Films on Demand

DNA Results for Oprah Winfrey Segment 20 (02:26)

Eleanor Roosevelt was a polarizing figure in American history and one of the most powerful politicians of the 20th Century.

Popular Support for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Segment 2

Diane Sawyer reporting in China

Bill Moyers welcomes the Massachusetts senator and "A Fighting Chance" author. See a 2004 interview clip in which she warns of America's impending economic disaster.

This ABC News program introduces a Gloria Steinem unknown to many: the accidental activist behind the feminist icon.

Not only did Nancy Pelosi become Speaker of the House, but she also became the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. We learn biographical information about Pelosi.

Great Speeches: Today's Women, Volume 5: Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Haleema Salie

Great Speeches: Today's Women, Volume 7: Elizabeth Edwards, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, Mary McAleese, Mary Yates, Lilly Ledbetter, and Carly Fiorina

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, just 32 years old, gives a guided tour of the newly redecorated White House. Jointly produced and broadcast by NBC and CBS, this program aired on Valentine's Day, 1962. One of the most popular newscasts in all of television history! President John F. Kennedy makes a brief appearance.

A&E Classroom

4 minutes and 17 seconds

Warren Buffett: Social Circles Segment 5 (02:55)

Johnson grew-up on a farm, had a habit of counting everything, and was academically gifted; she attended West Virginia Colored Institute.

The Women’s Movement begins to break out of the campuses and urban centers where it originated to affect nearly every man, woman and child in America.

Great Speeches: Today's Women, Volume 3: Maya Angelou, Jan Piercy, Condoleezza Rice, Caroline Kennedy, and Karenna Gore Schiff

Anderson Cooper learns about his Vanderbilt family line

Eleanor Holmes Norton explains why Parks' act on the bus became a catalyst.

First American Woman in Space Full Video (00:31)

Segment 105

Ruth Bader Ginsburg set out to prove that laws treating men and women differently were inherently unfair. She recalls arguing to the Supreme Court. Distributed by PBS Distribution.