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Women on the Waterfront

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn

At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP

Battle of the Sexes: The Women of Shakespeare

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard

Jami Ake questions the role of marriage in Shakespeare's plays and whether the famous playwright qualifies as a feminist.

Bought by Prairie Public

A Few Dollars Can Help Girls Stay in School. Here's How.

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global

One Ethiopian woman works to remove obstacles for women pursuing an education.

Radio Réussite 9: Comment Mieux Etudier (How to Study Better)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo

Teacher, librarian, and role model Catherine Talim of Kanté, Togo, gives advice on how to prepare for exams and succeed in school.

Radio Réussite 8: Les Rôles du Genre (Gender Roles)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

We hear a male perspective on gender roles from 22-year-old Tibemoni Bakou of Nadoba, Togo.

Radio Réussite 7: L'Amour Idéal et L'Egalité Genre (Love and Gender Equality)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

Three junior high school girls present a skit on ideal love. Host Carla Seidl interviews a 22-year-old male student about gender equality and share...

Radio Réussite 6: Notre Directrice, Rôle Modèle (Our (Female) School Director, Role Model)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

Madame Hortense Bararmna, director of Junior High School (CEG) # 1 in Kante, Togo, speaks about her experience becoming director and the situation ...

Radio Réussite 5: Etudiantes Ecrivaines et L'Importance de la Femme (Female Student Writers and the Importance of the Woman)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

Two female high school student writers present original dialogue and poetry and speak about responsible behavior and putting off marriage.

Radio Réussite 4: Le Harcèlement Sexuel (Sexual Harassment)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

Five junior high school students from Kante, Togo collaborate with host Carla Seidl to present skits and speak about sexual harassment in the schoo...

Radio Réussite 2: La Valeur de la Femme (A Woman's Worth)

From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)

Host Carla Seidl speaks with young scholar and Dankpen Prefecture beauty pageant winner Prisca Nantob about studying, sexual harassment, and a woma...

I Hear Music Above My Head! Sister Rosetta Tharpe

From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time

Singer, guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a rare person to emerge in the music world. Her musical legacy includes early Rhythm and Blues and Gosp...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WTIP, and Spokane Public Radio

March 30: Georgiana Molloy

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History

Georgiana Molloy (March 30, 1830): An early settler in Western Australia, who is remembered as one of the first botanical collectors in the colony...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM

What's the Word? Women Public Intellectuals

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

While men of letters have traditionally achieved the influential position of public intellectual, in the twentieth century a number of important wo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more