Celebrate this special month by exploring pivotal moments in history and the remarkable women who have shaped it—past and present.
Join WCNY and Classic FM in honoring their invaluable contributions through special TV and radio programming, educational content, on-demand streaming options, and more!
American Masters: Roberta Flack
Watch Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Discover music icon Roberta Flack’s rise to stardom and triumphs over racism and sexism. Detailing her story in her own words, the film features exclusive access to Flack’s archives and interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Peabo Bryson, and more.
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Watch Sunday, March 2 at 1:30 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Explore the untold history of World War II through firsthand accounts from the women who cracked codes and built ships. Featuring exclusive, never-before-seen interviews, this story reveals how these unsung heroes shaped the future for generations to come.
American Masters: Brenda Lee—Rockin’
Around
Watch Sunday, March 9 at 3:30 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Discover the story of Brenda Lee and how her early rise to fame and struggles with poverty influenced her music. The film includes interviews with Keith Urban, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, and more.
American Experience: Fly with Me
Watch Tuesday, March 18 at 9:30 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Meet the pioneering women who changed the world while flying it. Maligned as feminist sellouts, “stewardesses,” as they were called, knew different: they were on the frontlines of a battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace.
American Masters: Julia Alvarez—A Life
Reimagined
Watch Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Explore the journey of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the American literary scene in 1991 and paved the way for Latina authors to enter the iterary mainstream.
Watch Saturday, March 22 at 10 p.m. on WCNY-TV
A young woman travels to the Everglades headwaters to explore the historic challenges of water management and pollution threatening this fragile ecosystem, meeting a new generation of women redefining conservation along the way.
Jacqueline Du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Watch Friday, March 28 at 10 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Introduced and narrated by grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, “Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy,” tells the story Jacqueline du Pré and her enigmatic genius, one of the greatest cellists of all time.
American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller
Watch Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m. on WCNY-TV
Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate, and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty.
Watch Saturday, March 29 at 9:30 p.m. on WCNY-TV
“The Philadelphia Eleven,” a largely unknown women’s rights story, introduces viewers to the trailblazers who challenged the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom and successfully created a blueprint for lasting institutional change..
Discover an international singer who captivated royalty in Europe and defied the conscience of 1939 America. Watch rare archival footage and hear audio recordings exploring her life and career from the Metropolitan Opera to the State Department.
After experiencing neglect and traumatic loss while pregnant in prison, Pamela Winn becomes an activist, leading hundreds of thousands to support the Dignity Bill to end the shackling of pregnant people in prison. “Winn” exposes the horrifying experience that incarcerated pregnant people endure and documents Pamela’s mission to end shackling in the South.
“Sentir el Son” is a poetic documentary short about an Afro-Mexican woman in search of her ethnic and gender identity through the West African and Afro-Mexican practices in music and dance. This is a heroine’s journey about the struggle of ethnic invisibility and the hidden African Diaspora in Mexico.
The Seneca Falls 1848 Women’s Rights Convention focused political and public attention on gender equality and women’s suffrage in America.
Emily Howland, advocate for African American rights including education, and women’s suffrage, became the first woman to direct a national bank in the U.S.
Central New York’s Matilda Joslyn Gage became a nationally known abolition and women’s rights advocate.
Harriet Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, and advocate for women’s suffrage.
