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The Persistence of Dr. Mary Walker
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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For Women’s History Month, Devin and Lauren tell the story of Dr. Mary Walker: physician, heroine of the Civil War, and the only woman in history e...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Movement Building and Transnational Freedom Struggles
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Amid national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020, and other police-shootings of Black people, the movement to "defund t...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Women Warriors: The Voices of Change - Chapter 11, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Women Scorned
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Women Warriors - The Voices of Change podcast series
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Women Warriors: The Voices of Change multimedia concert performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, under the direction of Amy Andersson, features the musi...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Wilkerson, Isabel — America’s Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part One
From: Barry Vogel
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In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Time for Ilhan
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we interview Chris Newberry a producer and director of photogrophy for the film Time for Ilhan the story of the first ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 30:52
The Women’s Rights Movement: From Seneca Falls To Today
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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This episode of A New York Minute In History explores the Women’s Rights Movement from the Seneca Falls Convention in Central New York in 1848 to e...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WYAP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUAF Public Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 5
How Women in the '50s Had More Political Influence
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Series: Ways & Means "Shorts"
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This election cycle is being billed as another “Year of the Woman” … with a record number of female candidates running for office. Despite increasi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Anarchy Is Intersectional: Learning from Emma Goldman
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Mug shot taken in 1901 when Goldman was implicated in the assassination of President McKinley.
Our show today is Anarchy is Intersectional: Learning from Emma Goldman. Goldman, a feminist anarchist, was disdainful of what is now called “Lean ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Story of Jane
From: Radio Diaries
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In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help pregnant women get abortions. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to brea...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 2
Women's Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment
From: Nahanni Rous
Caption: March to Support the Equal Rights Amendment, New York City, 1976., Credit: Diana Mara Henry
Women won the right to vote in 1920, but the fight for equality was only beginning. After she led the suffrage movement to victory, Alice Paul dra...

Bought by WHFR and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 2
Wellesley Commencement Address: Hillary Rodham Clinton
From: Wellesley College
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This is the full audio from the 1969 Wellesley College commencement speech delivered by Hillary Rodham Clinton, then Hillary Rodham, the first ever...

Bought by KZYX, WHQR, Wisconsin Public Radio, MPR News Stations, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 5
New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
Caption: Best Selling Author Karen Abbott, Credit: karenabbott.net
Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, and, most recently, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY,

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:13
Her Honor
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Lori Sturdevant of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reading an excerpt from her book "Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the Minne...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
The 1964 Civil Rights Act: Is the Joke on Women?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on the 1964 Civil Rights Act and its effect on women over the next 50 years.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Shirley Chisholm: The Politics of Principle
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...

Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 10
Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was many things: a clairvoyant, a businesswoman, an advocate for women’s rights and sexual freedom, and a ma...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 8
Margaret Chase Smith: Cold Warrior in Pearls
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1964, Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman from a major party to run for President. The Republican Senator ran as a staunch hawk and expe...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 5
Gracie Allen: The Joke That Became a Campaign
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Grac...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 10
Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca
From: Samuel Robinson
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The story of Elena Fonseca, a remarkable women from Montevideo, Uruguay. Elena was a diplomats wife who lived in a number of countries before retur...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
The First Woman by Lynn Miller
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Series: Theatre from the Land of Enchantment
Caption: Victoria Woodhull
As a contribution to Women’s History Month, we travel with Lynn C. Miller on an excursion into the Archive of Forgotten Women where we encounter Vi...

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 38:52
  • Purchases: 4
If You Can't Be Bothered Voting, Think Again
From: Lauren Peterson
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Earlier this year, members of the Dane County League of Women Voters gave reporter Lauren Peterson a stern talking-to about suffrage, civic respons...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:18
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15