They're the people we learn about in school, and then they're the ones we don't.

From the creators of Wow in the world, Who When Wow, is a new Tinkercast original podcast for curious kids and their grown-ups.

Each week, host Rebecca Sheer takes you into the lives

of history's unsung heroes, heroines, and amazing humans who make us say wow!

We're talking people like Shirley Chism, the first African-American woman in Congress,

or the First Lady of Physics, Dr. Chian, Shangung-Woo, or Roberto Clementi, one of the greatest ball

players of his time. You're about to hear a preview of the greatest ball players of his time.

You're about to hear a preview of the Shirley Chisholm episode.

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In the early 1960s, if you were a woman in America, life looked worlds different from the way it does today.

It's the early 1960s and women across America have their eyes on the prize. Marriage and children.

Sure, they can go to college as long as they become a secretary, teacher, or nurse.

Otherwise, their husbands bring home the bacon,

while the little ladies stay home.

Okay, we've heard enough.

But how do you turn this thing off?

It's a 1960s television. There's no remote.

G. Gah!

Whoo, much better. But you get the idea, right? The early 1960s were not exactly a time of

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