01: The Disruptors | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Duration: 57'56''

Synopsis

Kirsty Wark reveals how pioneering women of the 1960s and 70s seized the baton from previous generations and surged forward to disrupt the status quo, transforming many lives in the process.

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