Now it is time for a new women's history - for more famous, infamous and little-known women to get their due—from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement. We begin with the French Revolution when women took on the fraternity of man, then it's off to America to round up the rebels fighting side by side for freedom with their men, before heading back to Britain to witness the courage of the suffragettes. From Australia to Iceland, from India to China and from many other countries, we track women who - often at a very high cost to themselves - have stood up to age-old cruelties and injustices. Recording the important milestones in the long march of women towards equality through a colorful pageant of astonishing women, we chart the birth of the modern feminist movement and the rise of women into greater political, social, and economic power.