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  1. Women in Chemistry: Mildred Cohn (2014)

    Subject
    Chemistry

    Mildred Cohn transformed the study of enzymes, building her own high-tech instruments when the right ones weren’t available. She also helped pioneer the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and...

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  2. She’s Beautiful when She’s Angry (2014)

    Director
    Mary Dore
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), £16.93

    SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY looks at the birth and legacy of the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s, taking viewers from the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW), to...

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  3. Punk Singer, The (2014)

    Director
    Sini Anderson
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary about Kathleen Hanna, singer with the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, who as leader of the Riot Grrrl movement, became a feminist icon and spokeswoman.

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  4. World on Trial: France’s Headscarf Law (2013)

    Subject
    Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $29.95

    The pilot episode of ‘World on Trial’ deals with the 2004 French law banning the conspicuous display of religious symbols in public schools, most notably affecting the right of young Muslim women to...

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  5. Breaking Ground: The Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre (2013)

    Director
    Michelle Deignan
    Producer
    Clare Dearnaley
    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £10.90

    Documentary telling the story of the London Irish Women’s Centre. The film recounts the story of the Centre from its origins in the 1980s to its closure in 2012. Using a creative fusion of montage, archive...

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  6. ! Women Art Revolution (2012)

    Director
    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    Producer
    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    Subject
    Art; Politics & government; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 mins), £14.00

    !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION elaborates the relationship of the feminist art movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition...

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  7. Hilary Devey’s Women at the Top (2012)

    Subject
    Business studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £41.99

    Entrepreneur Hilary Devey investigates why men still dominate in senior business roles. Even though more than half of Britain’s graduates are women, and nearly half our workers are women, the vast majority...

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  8. Anita Roddick (2012)

    Subject
    Business studies; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the influence of one of Britain’s most successful businesswomen, Anita Roddick, whose cosmetics company championed fair trade long before it became a buzz word. Part of The New...

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  9. Barbara Windsor (2012)

    Subject
    Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the career of Barbara Windsor which spans much of the reign of the current Queen. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the Diamond Jubilee....

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  10. Dorothy Hodgkin (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Dorothy Hodgkin, who discovered the structures of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12 through her ground-breaking approach to crystallography. Part of The...

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