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For Women's History Month, we feature a special program about four important feminist poets who led the the next generations into the 21st century....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, KBIA, WNMU-FM, WDCB and more

World in Progress 09/02/2021

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW

This week on the show: “What's the Alternative?” African Women leaders - Women across Africa shape protest movements and stand up for their righ...

Bought by WXDU

Mommy Dearest: A History of American Motherhood [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Special Programming

Caption: Twin mothers with their newborn babies at Columbia Maternity Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 7th, 1939 , Credit: Library of Congress

Some say motherhood is the hardest job in the world; turns out, there's a lot of history to back that up. In this special Mother's Day episode, the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, KISU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KICI Iowa City and more

Mr. Turner and the Industrial Revolution (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, WXDU, KRDP and more

Mr. Turner and the Industrial Revolution (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, WTJU, KPIP-LP, and KKRN

Women's History Month: Women of the Civil War

From: Francesca Rheannon

Karen Abbott talks about her book Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. It’s about four courageous women of the Civil War who made history. And later, we ...

Bought by KUHF, KWMU St. Louis, KUOW, KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio and more

Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Caption: The Baptism of Pocahontas, Credit: Wikipedia

The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KWMR, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. and more

Witches, Slaves, and Heroines

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KRDP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Patrick Henry’s “Thunder Speech” (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN

WAR WIDOWS Part 2

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Widows from WWII, Vietnam and Iraq wars discuss changes over time from the loss of their husbands in war.

A Woman's Voice

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Brian Balogh talks with historian Lisa Tetrault about the rise of women orators in the Lyceum movement of the late 19th Century.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis

Beach Bodies: A History of the American Physique [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Strongman Eugene Sandow, 1893, Credit: Library of Congress

It’s summer, the beach is calling, and so is the dreaded swimsuit! Americans are constantly bombarded by images of physical perfection, especially ...

Bought by WUFT, KSRQ, KBRP Community Radio, and Troy Public Radio

Born in the USA: A History of Birth [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Migrant cotton picker and her baby, Buckeye, AZ, 1940, Credit: (National Archives).

It’s BackStory’s birthday! To celebrate one year as a weekly show, the American History Guys are going back to where it all begins: birth. From mid...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KFOK-LPFM, KBRP Community Radio, WOUB, and WTJU

The History of Feminism

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Radio Curious revisits a conversation about the history and future of feminism with History Professor, Estelle B. Freedman, author of ""No Turning ...

Bought by KETR-FM, WHFR, WMMT, KRZA, and KVSC

Sex and Punishment

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Radio Curious brings you part one of a two-part conversation about the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior-sexuality. W...