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Authors, Writers American History & Politics Feminism, Women, Women's Studies
  • Susan Brownell Anthony

    Susan Brownell Anthony discusses her book "The Ghost in My Life"

    Oct. 29, 1971

    Ms. Anthony, the grand-niece of Susan B. Anthony, comments on the women's liberation movement, her personal political life and her view of Christian life.

  • Rosalynn Carter discusses her book "First Lady from Plains"

    May. 3, 1984

    There was no bowling alley and there was no library in Plains, Georgia. In her book, "First Lady from Plains," Rosalynn Carter reflects on her childhood and her time at the White House. Times were tough, explained Carter, but she never knew they were poor. Carter went on numerous radio interviews in the hopes that the public would learn who her husband was.

  • Lillian Eugenia Smith in conversation with Studs Terkel

  • Discussing the book "The Demon Lover: On the Sexuality of Terrorism" with Robin Morgan

    Mar. 9, 1989
  • Gloria Steinem

    Discussing the book "Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem" with the author, feminist and women's rights activist Gloria Steinem

    Jan. 30, 1992

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1982 interview with Steinem.

  • Discussing the book "Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life" with Martha Nussbaum.

    Feb. 16, 1996

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1963 interview with Mary Parparis(T2180).

  • Discussing the book "Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich" with Alison Owings

    Jun. 5, 1995
  • Caroline Bird discusses her book, 'Born Female: The High Cost of Keeping Women Down'

    Caroline Bird discusses her book, 'Born Female: The High Cost of Keeping Women Down', published in 1968. Studs plays interviews from dissenters of the Women's Liberation Day and Caroline Bird responds. The discussion continues on issues of sexism and the future of the women in the workforce.

  • Barbara Kingsolver discusses her book "Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983"

    Sep. 17, 1990

    Since no men were allowed to picket against the Phelps Dodge Corp., Mexican American women showed up and according to Kingsolver’s book, “Holding the Line,” the picket lines were a brand new experience for the women. Some of the women had to get their husbands’ permission to picket. The group of women found their lives transformed not only with their cause but with new bonds of friendship from the other women.

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Ann Firor Scott talks with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 3, 1970
  • Anita Miller and Jeanne Madeline Weimann discuss their book, The Fair Women

    Anita Miller and Jeanne Madeline Weimann discuss their book, "The Fair Women"

    Jul. 17, 1981

    Anita Miller and Jeanne Madeline Weimann discuss their book, The Fair Women, published in 1981, a book that talks about the women's role in the World's Columbian Exposition, especially in the creation of the Women's Building.

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