This week on Lady History: We return for Season 2 with DOUBLE the fun. Meet three pairs of incredible sisters: tennis titans Venus and Serena Williams, pioneering practitioners Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell, and defiant dames Truus and Freddie Oversteegen.

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Archival audio in this episode in order of appearance: QUEEN RETURNS TO NETHERLANDS [ETC.] by National Archives and Records Administration (1945)

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