A diverse cast of trailblazing women, set out to answer the question: what exactly does it take to be a Gutsy Woman?

I ask no favors for my sex… All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks.—Sarah Moore Grimké, activist for women’s s

该剧集利用粉丝写给名人的信件，回顾这些极具影响力的人的生活。 　　出镜的名人包括奥普拉·温弗瑞、格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆、珍·古道尔、斯派克·李、林-曼努尔·米兰达、斯蒂夫·旺达、亚历山德拉·莱斯曼、雅拉·沙希迪等。