American Experience · SEASON 35
The Sun Queen
Episode 5 · 2023-04-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.
52 minutes
Season 35 episodes
1. The Lie Detector2023-01-03
2. Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space2023-01-17
3. Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History2023-02-20
4. The Movement and the "Madman"2023-03-28
5. The Sun Queen2023-04-04
6. Casa Susanna2023-06-27
7. The Busing Battleground2023-09-11
8. The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools2023-09-12
9. The War on Disco2023-10-30
