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Women's (TV) History Month- Groundbreaking Ladies of Primetime (Vol. 1)

Published - Mar 08 2013 04:08AM EST

Anna Graizbord, RR.com Original

In celebration of Women's History Month, we're honoring the women who broke new ground on television. Classic early sitcom comic actresses like The Honeymooners' Audrey Meadows and mega TV mogul/comic Lucille Ball truly paved the way for all of the female-led shows we know and love today. Let's take a look back at the early evolution of some of our favorite female primetime stars. Which ones are your faves?

Girl Power: Lindsay Wagner, "Jaime Sommers," The Bionic Woman

Eat your heart out, Six Million Dollar Man -- turns out women can be just as bionically super-powered and fabulous. Lindsay Wagner's Jaime Sommers was such a popular character on Lee Majors' show that ABC had to make Wagner a spinoff of her very own, literally bringing the character back from the dead. Here's to the great equalizer of bionic body parts.

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