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  • Midwives

    Midwives discuss issues of training and legality in the midwifery profession

    Mar. 15, 1978

    A panel of midwives explains problems of infant mortality for low-income women and families and the importance of well funded maternity centers in an era where midwifery is outlawed in many states and training is hard to find.

  • Leah Schaeffer talks with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 22, 1974
  • Jane Kennedy talks with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 14, 1971

    Jane Kennedy talks about her political views and her view of society as a whole. She also discusses her experience in an all women's prison and how the prison system dehumanizes the inmates.

  • Dr. Aviva Weissman

    Dr. Aviva Weissman discusses Planned Parenthood and the use of contraception

    Mar. 24, 1966

    Dr. Aviva Weissman discusses the emergence of family planning services in England and the importance of women having access to contraception and other services. Weissman discusses her experience with families who have benefitted from the services of Planned Parenthood.

  • Discussing women's changing roles in society and related mental health problems and solutions with physician Anne Sidon, psychiatrist Susan Fisher, and attorney Sandra Nye

    Nov. 6, 1985

    Interview with Dr. Anne Sidon, Susan Fisher and Sandra Nye

  • Dr. Benjamin Spock

    Discussing the 40th anniversary of the book "Baby and Child Care" with the authors Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dr. Michael B. Rothenberg

    Mar. 11, 1985

    Interview with Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dr. Michael B. Rothenberg

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