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 grownups.

Each week, host Rebecca Shear 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 Chisholm,

the first African-American woman in Congress, or the First Lady of Physics, Dr. Qian,

Shang-Gung-Wu, or Roberto Clementi, one of the greatest ballplayers of his time.

You're about to hear a preview of the Shirley Chisholm episode. While you're listening,

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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 and...

Okay, we've heard enough, but how do you turn this thing off? It's a 1960s television. There's no remote.

Gah! Woo, much better.

But you get the idea, right?

The early 1960s were not exactly a time of opportunity for the American woman.

The good news is, as the 1960s progressed, and America rolled into the 70s, more and more

women began pushing back against their limited roles, and one of them,

pushed back harder than most.

I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States of America.

Her name was Shirley Shisholm.

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