And relate to the events that are cemented in history. Im ellee pai hong. And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Through the decades. The struggle for equality is baked into our american history. From its first days as an infant nation, the idea of who is equal in the eyes of our government was the subje in the centuries long evolution of this national conversation, the idea of equality has expanded to encompass rac gender and sexual orientation. Battles have been won on each of these fronts from the courts to congress. But, it is the president ial seat of power that has been most elusive in this discussion of equity particularly for the fairer sex. So, in the next hour of our parity from the woman who launched the suprise party, and a look at the some of great female political pioneers from Shirley Chisholm to Elizabeth Dole who showed us how to break those glass ceilings one at a time. But we begin with the struggle that laid the foundation for all to come. The womens fi