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  • Priscilla McDougall and Teri Teper discuss names and the Center for Woman's Own Name.

    Feb. 17, 1975

    Reasons why a woman would want to change her last name are discussed with Priscilla McDougall and Teri Teper. Establising a professional identity and establishing one's own line of credit are among some reasons. The ladies also explain that a woman is not rejecting a name but rather choosing her own identity.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • June Sochen discusses her book "Movers and Shakers"

    Dec. 17, 1973

    Northeastern Illinois University professor June Sochen discusses her book "Movers and shakers;: American women thinkers and activists, 1900-1970". Sochen and Studs cover a wide range of female activists and radicals who fundamentally reshaped American society via their efforts in the labor movement and union organizing, the arts and culture, and research.

  • Elizabeth Garry discusses her show, "Victoria"

    Nov. 12, 1979

    Elizabeth Garry, talks about her one woman show "Victoria." The show tells the story of Victoria C. Woodhull the first women to run for President in 1872. Garry discusses Woodhull's life including her supposed clairvoyant talents, suffragist works, and her work as a broker and publisher. Woodhull's arrest for obscene literature with her newspaper, "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly," is also discusses and Garry performs the part of her show that describes that event. Garry also breifly explains her research and writing process for the show.

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