WOMEN

The life and times of Billie Jean King by filmmaker James Erskine/New Black Films.

It's American Masters radio: the other AM on the Spotify dial. Elvis listened to her. So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Johnny Cash. And yet, somehow, Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- "the original soul sister," as people used to call her -- is more ...

The life and times of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe in pictures.

National Encore of JUDY GARLAND: BY MYSELF airs on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings).

[Editor’s Note: The following post is part of American Masters’ #InspiringWomanPBS campaign, which highlights the powerful, creative, and innovative women in our lives. Visit the Inspiring Woman page to join the campaign and submit the story of a woman who inspires you.] There's the Judy ...

Carl Reiner, Bob Newhart and Garry Shandling discuss the strained and complicated relationship Johnny Carson had with his mother, Ruth, and how it may have affected Carson and his career.

Joan Rivers recalls a prank that she played on Johnny Carson after her daughter Melissa was born.

Musicians Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Jackson Browne, and Chris Darrow discuss the distinct sensibilities of women in country music and recognize Linda Ronstadt as a pioneer in the genre. This scene is an outtake from Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise of ...

Special encore broadcast airing May 20 in honor of “Little Women on Masterpiece” and “The Great American Read” on PBS Originally aired in 2009 Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, is an almost universally recognized name.  Her reputation as a morally upstanding New ...