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Her Story Made History

Series 1

Monica McWilliams

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Monica McWilliams was one of only two local women at the table during negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Lyse Doucet visits Belfast to hear her story. Show more

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Her Story Made History

Series 1

Madeha Al Ajroush

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Lyse Doucet travels to Saudi Arabia to meet Madeha Al Ajroush, Maheda battled for 30 years to get women the right to drive. It is a battle she has now won. Show more

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Source: BBC Online

Her Story Made History

Series 1

Vigdis Finnbogadottir

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

In 1980, the tiny country of Iceland did something no other nation had done. They elected a female head of state. Lyse Doucet travels to Iceland to talk to Vigdis Finnbogadottir. Show more

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Her Story Made History

Series 1

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Lyse Doucet travels to Liberia to talk to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa. Show more

Source: BBC Online