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Robin Morgan
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Her anthology entitled Sisterhood is Powerful, called one of the 100 most influential books of the 20th Century by the New York Library, covered su...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
Pat Schroeder
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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She's the one who told a bunch of Pentagon leaders -- when she was on the House Armed Services Committee -- that if they were women, they'd be preg...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:23
Marie-Jeanne Roland
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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When she was found guilty of treason and "political activism" (which wouldn't even have been considered a crime for a man), she was sentenced to die.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:45
Margaret Sanger
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Sanger opened the first family planning and birth control clinic in the United States, where she began distributing, among other things, diaphragms...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Lucy Stone
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Stone proceeded to live the life of a lecturer on abolition and women's rights.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
Emmeline Pankhurst
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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While birthing and raising five children, Pankhurst turned her home into a center where abolitionists, anarchists, activists and revolutionaries of...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Sirleaf has made education free and compulsory for all children in Liberia. She was responsible for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:41
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Stanton eventually claimed that the 14th and 15th Amendments, in fact -- because of the way they were worded -- gave women the right to vote

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
Dora Tamana
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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In 1954, Tamana helped to organize the first Conference of the Federation of South African Women and she was elected to the organization's national...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:48
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
Wangari Muta Maathai
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Maathai worked to establish what came to be called the Green Belt Movement to combat desertification, deforestation, water crisis, and rural hunger...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
Tawakkol Karman
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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In 2011, when Tawakkol Karman became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize ever.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:48
Mukhtar Mai
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Mai threw a Pakistani tribal council and the men who raped her an unexpected curve. Rather than kill herself, she sued the rapists in a court of law.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
Louise Michel
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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By the time she'd found a small school that would accept her in the Montmarte section of Paris, it was apparent to anyone who would listen that Mic...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
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
Billie Jean King
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Billie Jean King Winner of 39 Grand Slam Tennis Titles and the “Battle of the Sexes” revolutionizes sport in America.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Giving Women The Vote
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: Votes For Women!, Credit: Library of Congress
2010 was the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. Women got the vote, in part, because of a promise ...

Bought by WWNO, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WSGE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Medical Marijuana: Georgine DiMaria, Miss New Jersey 2006
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Georgine DiMaria, 4/20/09, Philadelphia, Credit: C. David Freitag
Georgine DiMaria is titleholder of Miss New Jersey 2006. She has worked as a health advocate for 8 years. Her new platform is medical marijuana. Th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 20:04
From the Playground to the Streets
From: TEMPO Radio Project
Series: TEMPO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An exploration of underage prostitution in Oakland, California

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 20:45
Pillow Talk with Pussy Willow
From: Andrew Bowen
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A Glimpse into the Life of a Sex Worker

  • Added: Jun 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:59
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #7: Highway Beautification
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, seventh of eight short profiles in her own words.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 07:07
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #6: Environmental Causes, featuring Barbara Bush
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, sixth of eight short profiles in her own words.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 06:06