I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

Stories Without End from WB EZ Chicago.

Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.

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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

I'm Greta Johnson.

And I'm Trisha Bobita.

And for this Thanksgiving holiday, we are bringing you a lady we are thankful for,

who has written a book about a whole bunch of badass ladies for which we are also thankful.

This is Kate Schatz.

The book is a follow-up to her rad American women A to Z book.

Now it is Rad Women Worldwide.

Wow, we didn't plan that.

It sounded good.

It was kind of like pigs in space.

Kate Schatz has written a book that is page after page of gorgeous illustrations.

I'm always conflicted because I want to tear out the illustrations and just wallpaper my home with them, but then I also don't want to ruin the book, so I may need to buy multiple copies of Kate Schott's book.

But each woman is given a gorgeous illustration, and then it's a short biography of what the woman, or in some cases a set of sisters or a group of women did to change history.

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