Examines the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, discussing some of the many difficulties she endured throughout her life, including polio, a near-fatal bus accident, and her tempestuous marriage to fellow artist Diego Rivera.

A biography of the Afro-American lawyer and social reformer who is known for her work on behalf of children's rights.

A biography of the Chinese woman who, arrested during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, spent more than six years in solitary confinement and, despite severe punishment, refused to indict herself as a traitor.