Unladylike2020: Unsung Women Who Changed America Season 1 Episode 21 Mary Church Terrell: Educator, Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist & Co-Founder of the NAACP

Unladylike2020: Unsung Women Who Changed America season 1 episode 21 is titled "Mary Church Terrell: Educator, Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist & Co-Founder of the NAACP." This episode tells the story of Mary Church Terrell, an African American woman who was a prominent educator, suffragist, and civil rights activist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Born into slavery in Tennessee in 1863, Terrell went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in Ohio and later a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. She was a teacher and principal at several schools for African American students, and later became involved in the women's suffrage movement and the fight for civil rights.

Terrell was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909, and played a key role in the organization's early years. She was also an outspoken advocate for women's rights, and helped to found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in 1896.

Throughout her life, Terrell faced numerous challenges and obstacles, including discrimination and racism from society at large and within the feminist and suffrage movements. But she continued to fight for equality and justice until her death in 1954.

This episode of Unladylike2020 explores Terrell's life and legacy, and sheds light on the important contributions she made to the fight for civil rights and women's rights. Through archival footage, interviews with historians and experts, and dramatizations of Terrell's life, viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and triumphs that defined this remarkable woman's life.