The phrase, “Well behaved women rarely make history,” attributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Harvard professor Lauren Thatcher Ulrich, gets bandied about a lot these days in conversations about women who push the boundaries of acceptable feminine behavior. But that particular brand of feminism, in which women are allowed to be anti-heroes in search of their ambition, rarely seems to rear its head in the slew of recent documentaries and series about women who made history in the mid-20th century.

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Two years after making a splash as one of the biggest Netflix hits of all time, regency romance “Bridgerton” is back. Much like in the novels by Julia Quinn, from which the series is adapted, the sophomore installment focuses on Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), the eldest Bridgerton son, in his quest for a bride. With his hopeless affair with the opera singer Siena Rosso (Sabrina Bartlett) finally laid to rest, Anthony enters the season determined to do his duty to his family and find the perfect future Viscountess Bridgerton.

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Review: HBO's Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Drama 'Confirmation' Starring Kerry Washington And Wendell Pierce

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Review: Hulu's Compelling Cult Drama 'The Path' Starring Aaron Paul, Hugh Dancy & Michelle Monaghan

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Review: ‘House Of Cards' Season 4 Hits A Fever Pitch Of Betrayal, Deceit & Duplicity

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Berlin Review: Susanne Bier's 'The Night Manager' Starring Tom Hiddleston & Hugh Laurie

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Review: A Gentler 'Girls' Emerges In Season 5

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Review: The Quietly Radical ‘Togetherness’ Season 2

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Review & Recap: ’The Knick’ Season 2, Episode 9, ‘Do You Remember Moon Flower?’

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Review & Recap: ’The Knick’ Season 2, Episode 8, ‘Not Well At All’

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Review & Recap: ’The Knick’ Season 2, Episode 7, ‘Williams And Walker’

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Review: Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’ Delivers A Cure For Superhero Fatigue

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Review: Aziz Ansari's New Netflix Show 'Masters Of None' Is A Delight From Beginning To End

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Review & Recap: ’The Knick’ Season 2, Episode 4, ‘Wonderful Surprises’

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Review & Recap: ’The Knick’ Season 2, Episode 1 ‘Ten Knots’ Continues Steven Soderbergh’s Bloody Hyperrealism

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Review: Netflix's 'Narcos' Starring Wagner Moura And Boyd Holbrook

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Review: David Simon's Outstanding 'Show Me A Hero' Starring Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, More

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Review And Recap: 'True Detective' Season 2, Episode 7 'Black Maps And Motel Rooms'

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Review: Netflix's 'Bojack Horseman' Gets Deeper, Darker & More Awkward In Season 2

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Review & Recap: True Detective Season 2 Episode 5 'Other Lives'

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Review: HBO's 'Ballers' Starring Dwayne Johnson

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'Orange Is The New Black' Season 3 Review: Hate Sex, Relapses & Mommy Issues

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Recap: 'Game of Thrones' Episode 6 Remains 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken'

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Review: HBO's 'Bessie,' Directed By Dee Rees, Starring Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique, & More

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Recap: 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Episode 5 Wants To 'Kill The Boy'

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