A Tale of Two Sisters
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A Tale of Two Sisters

Season 1
This series reexamines the lives and stories of prominent women throughout history and illuminates the influence their sisters had on their accomplishments Often overlooked these sisters played pivotal roles in advocating or confronting their siblings Each episode delves into these complicated and multifaceted relationships that shaped history
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Amelia and Grace Earhart

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 but what actually happened to her is still a mystery Her story and achievements however still captivate thanks in no small part to her younger sister Muriel Their bond forged in childhood and tested in adulthood could not be broken by death
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  2. S1 E2 - Jessica and Diana Mitford

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    The Mitfords were six witty eccentric and beautiful sisters For two their personal lives strayed into the political Diana was the fascist and Jessica was the communist but they were also shaped by experiences more familiar to us all the trials and joys of family of love of grief and of sisterhood
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  3. S1 E3 - Jackie Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    Jackie Kennedy Onassis remains an iconic figure of high fashion and tragedy to this day Her sister Lee however is less wellknown Yet it is impossible to understand one without the other Their lives were intertwined through rivalry and resentment love and loss
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  4. S1 E4 - The Diary of Anne Frank

    May 17, 2017
    45min
    TV-14
    Anne Frank and Eva Schloss surviving parents Otto Frank and Elfriede Geiringer eventually married Had Anne survived the holocaust she and Eva would have been stepsisters
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  5. S1 E5 - Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    Elizabeth was a mature child with a love of animals while Margaret was a mischievous extrovert How has their relationship shaped the monarchy
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  6. S1 E6 - Anne and Mary Boleyn

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    Anne has been celebrated and damned seen as either schemer or a victim Her sister Mary is less remembered and often dismissed as a fool But what was the truth
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  7. S1 E7 - Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    Mary was a shortlived littlefavored Catholic and Elizabeth a longreigning alladmired Protestant However Henry VIIIs daughters have more in common than meets the eye
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  8. S1 E8 - Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst

    May 17, 2017
    44min
    TV-14
    Thousands of women gave their all to the Suffrage movement but for Christabel and Sylvia their sisterhood would be strained to the point of breaking
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