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Julie Krone
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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In 1993, Julie Krone became the first woman to win the Belmont Stakes.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
Jennie Hodgers
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Jennie Hodgers took the name Albert Cashier, put on a pair of pants and joined the Union army.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Jane Goodwin Austin
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Jane Goodwin Austin became known as “Calamity Jane,” with the Mexican government placing a $1000 bounty on her head.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
Florynce Kennedy
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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After she became a lawyer, Kennedy missed no opportunity to push every envelope she could related to either race or gender.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:18
Dolores Huerta
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Dolores Huerta left her teaching job as a young woman to commit herself to working in the struggle for equal rights

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
Anne Hutchinson
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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A profile of Anne Hutchinson - a maverick spiritual leader in Massachusetts during the early 1600's.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
11: Is That Real Enough For You?
From: Matt Hill
Series: Numbers
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Drama series following Sam, a 26-year-old trapped in a call centre. Literally. This is the beginning of season two; a good way in for newbies.

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
Representing Yourself
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Representing Yourself is a DIY project we do in all kinds of ways — in job interviews, on stage, in court and through visual art such as self-portr...

Bought by WMMT, XRAY.fm, WRVO Public Media, KUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
B-Side: Coping
From: B-Side Radio
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Host Tamara Keith visits a bar to talk about the ways we cope with what life throws at us.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Strip Club USA Part One
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Strippers and club patrons talk about what draws them to America's thriving sex industry.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Audible, WZBC, and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 4
Strip Club USA Part Two
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Men and women, physically in the same place, inhabit different worlds.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Audible, WZBC, and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 4
Life Stories - Jobs: Teaching ("Educating Esme')
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUER, WFAE, KPIK-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 19
Life Stories - Families: Women and Children
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three stories of young women - Concerning Breakfast, The Trapeze Artist, Alone Like a Stone. One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portra...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUER, WFAE, HowSound, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 18