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Edmonia Lewis | She Inspires

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Edmonia Lewis

The Smithsonian American Art Museum

Learn about internationally recognized sculptor & Rensselaer County native, Edmonia Lewis.

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Ethelda Bleibtrey

Waterford Historical Museum

Learn about Ethelda Bleibtrey, the first woman ever to win three Olympic gold medals.

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Grace Hudowalski, the first woman to hike the 46 peaks.

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Grace Hudowalski was the first woman to hike the 46 peaks of the Adirondacks and was a pioneer in the creation of the ADK Forty-Sixers club.

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Learn about Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet), a slave in western Massachusetts until she sued for freedom and won.

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Legs Diamond and his wife, Alice

William Kennedy's archives

There was Swifty Mead's, Big Charlie's in the South End, Mullen's, O'Malley's, and The Kenmore, with dancing in the Rainbow Room. These are just some of the speakeasies that were used during the days of Prohibition in New York State’s capital.

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The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society

A major figure in 20th century American literature, Jazz Age poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was only nineteen years old when she published 'Renaissance,' the poem that launched her career.

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Modernist sculptor Alice Morgan Wright was a suffragist and animal welfare advocate.

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Courtesy of Tangled Bank Studios

A free preview screening Friday, August 18 from 7pm-9pm.

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Library of Congress

Learn about Emma Willard, founder of the first higher education school for women in the US.

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Filming Ironweed in Albany, NY

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Have you heard the story of Jack Nicholson and his love for Perreca’s bread? The story of how he loves it so much that he has it shipped to his home in California from the Schenectady Bakery?

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Nine Long Days: TR's Journey to the White House

Learn the story of how Theodore Roosevelt became our nation’s 26th president.

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POV Acquires Sundance Favorites 'Minding the Gap' and '306 Hollywood' for 31st Season

"The films we are planning to finish out our 31st season with are powerful examples of how documentary can reexamine and reanimate lives past and present."

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Edmonia Lewis | She Inspires

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Ethelda Bleibtrey | She Inspires

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Grace Hudowalski | She Inspires

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Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet)| She Inspires

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Albany's underbelly during Prohibition makes great fodder for William Kennedy

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Edna St. Vincent Millay | She Inspires

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Alice Morgan Wright | She Inspires

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Free Preview Screening | The Farthest: Voyager in Space

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Emma Willard | She Inspires

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Did Jack Nicholson’s ‘Knead’ for Bread from Schenectady Begin in 1980s While Filming William Kennedy’s ‘Ironweed’?

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POV Documentary Blog

POV Acquires Sundance Favorites 'Minding the Gap' and '306 Hollywood' for 31st Season

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