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  • Studs Terkel recounts part of Marya Mannes' speech at a Planned Parenthood rally in 1965

    1965
  • Studs Terkel discusses songs about domestic violence against women

    Aug. 5, 1981

    Terkel presents songs that discuss the subject of domestic violence against women. Songs range from ballads in musicals, to jazz torch songs, to popular music at the time.

  • Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and liberation ; part 2

    Mar. 25, 1970

    Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and the struggle for equal rights and liberation, resistance through art, and the fight for free childcare. Discussion continues with criticism on the male gaze and females as sexual objects.

  • Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and liberation ; part 1

    Mar. 25, 1970

    Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and the struggle for equal rights and liberation, Title VII, their support for NOW, the National Organization of Women, as well as the upcoming Women's Strike for Equality.

  • A conversation with Shana Alexander

    Nov. 30, 1976

    The journalist discusses her career in magazines and her time on the 60 Minutes debate segment, Point-Counterpoint. She goes on to discuss how being a woman has informed her professional life, further explored in her book, Talking Woman.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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