Betty Ford was known as the "Fighting First Lady" who battled breast cancer & alcohol addiction while passionately promoting causes close to her heart such as the arts and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Just over 100 years ago, a little girl born who would grow up to become one of the greatest humanitarians the world has ever known. Her life would show the world that one person really can make a difference and her deep love for the poor and the suffering would transform countless lives.

On a cold winter afternoon in Montgomery Alabama, she defied the society that she grew up in and refused to give up her seat on the bus. Today’s history remembers Rosa Parks as the 1st lady of civil rights.

This is the story of Lucille Ball, the genius who gave us I LOVE LUCY. Both Lucy herself and the show I LOVE LUCY are still loved and adored by millions of people more than three decades after her death and more than six decades after the show came to an end. 
But who was this amazing woman? In this episode of Women Who Made a Difference, hear how Lucy began her career as a model, starred in over 5 dozens films throughout the 1930s and 1940s and went on the become a pioneer in early television.

She was the first Hollywood movie star and the most famous person in the world. Known as America’s Sweetheart during the silent film era, she eventually became the most powerful woman in Hollywood. She was a woman who made a difference. This is the story of Mary Pickford, a stage and screen actress with a career than spanned 50 years. She was a trailblazer and a pioneer. She was a prolific actress, then she broke into producing, and later cofounded a studio. She helped shaped the modern film industry as we know it today.

As the 20th century dawned, new forms of transportation was becoming commonplace. With the invention of the automobile, people could go faster and farther than ever before. But driving was dangerous in rainstorms because something we take for granted today, the windshield wiper, didn't yet exist. One woman noticed the problem and her innovative invention of the first operational windshield wiper transformed transportation and made the roads and highways a safer place. Listen to the story of Mary Anderson, a woman who made a difference.