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  • Nancy Milio

    Nancy Milio reads from and discusses her book "9226 Kercheval"

    Jun. 13, 1970

    Nancy Milio's book, "9226 Kercheval: The Storefront That Did Not Burn," is about community health services offered in a ghetto on the south side of Detroit, Michigan. As a nurse, Milio knew how important it was to offer quality health services to poor and uneducated individuals. With their real names changed, Milio talks about her experiences with Mrs. Watkins, Johhnie West and others at the center.

  • Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser talk about education of children, part 2

    1965

    Part 2 of a series sponsored by the national conference of Christians and Jews. Includes "Rearing the Child of Good Will" and "The Child and the Changing World." Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Ms. Neisser discuss the importance of an open mind and a accepting environment in education and at home, and how this helps the children to accept change as it happens.

  • Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser talk about education of children, part 1

    1965

    Part 1 of a series sponsored by the national conference of Christians and Jews Titles discussed include "Rearing the Child of Good Will" and "The Child and the Changing World." Includes interviews of Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser. They discuss the importance of an open mind and accepting environment in education and at home, and how this helps the children to accept change as it happens. Excerpt of "Jimmy" discussing his feelings about school (unsure of record number the quote comes from).

  • welfare rights mothers

    Mothers discuss the hardships of living on welfare

    1968

    Five mothers from Chicago discuss the hardships of living in poverty and how little welfare actually helps with Studs Terkel.

  • Mitchell Ginsberg, Edward Schwartz and Daniel Thurz

    Mitchell Ginsberg, Edward Schwartz and Daniel Thurz discuss poverty in America and War on Poverty legislation

    Dec. 8, 1964

    Mitchell Ginsberg, Edward Schwartz and Daniel Thurz discuss poverty in America and War on Poverty legislation. Ginsberg is the associate dean of the School of Social Work at Columbia University, Schwartz is the George Herbert Jones professor of social work in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, and Thurz is an associate professor of social work at the University of Maryland.

  • Milton Mayer discusses Quakerism and the impact they have had on society

    Dec. 27, 1974

    Milton Mayer, journalist and educator, talks with Studs about Quakerism. They talk about how religion relates to society in the times of change. Mr Mayer describes an exchange with a gentleman who asked what is a Quaker. The man had been an SS officer who told Mr Mayer his story. The man had been touched by the anonymous generosity of the Quakers many years before. Mr Mayer speaks of A. J. Musty, clergyman and political activist as his mentor and friend, and the things he learned from him.

  • Maud Russell social worker, educator, and writer, discusses U.S./China relations

    Jun. 1, 1976

    Ms. Russell was a social worker with the YWCA in China from 1917-1943, and the executive director of the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy from 1946-1952. Ms Russell speaks of her time and work in China, about U.S./China relations and the cultural revolution taking place in China. Includes excerpt of Joshua Horn talking about a worker who got burned while working at a steel factory in China. He speaks of the outpouring help for the man from the community of Shanghi.(1934055-3-1)

  • Mary Lynn McCree Bryan

    Mary Lynn McCree Bryan talks about her book "Eighty Years at Hull House"

    Jan. 13, 1970

    Discussing the book, "Eighty Years at Hull House," and interviewing the co-author, Mary Lynn McCree Bryan. Mary Lynn McCree Bryan discusses the Hull House and its founders in Chicago, Illinois. Includes two clips of Florence Scala speaking: one about nature and about a tree that was taken down at Hull House and one about Jane Addams. Includes a clip of Jessie Binford discussing Jane Addams.

  • Marianne Bell, Shirley Wallace and IL Rep. Susan Catania discuss the ERA

    Marianne Bell, Shirley Wallace and Illinois Rep. Susan Catania discuss the Equal Rights Amendment

    Jun. 2, 1982

    Interviewing Equal Rights Amendment activists, Marianne Bell and Shirley Wallace, who were fasting as a political statement, and Illinois state representative and outspoken advocate of ERA, Susan Cantania.

  • Madalyn Murray

    Madalyn Murray discusses her family history, feminism, and theology

    Dec. 13, 1966

    Madalyn Murray discusses her family history, feminism, and theology and how her experiences with those subjects have shaped her worldview.

  • Linda Stout discusses her book “Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing”

    Apr. 7, 1997

    Author, grassroots organizer, and activist Linda Stout discusses her book “Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing.” Growing up in a low-income family, Stout discusses poverty as “the lack of knowing about options” and how this served as the driving force in her activism. Studs plays “Bread and Roses” - Judy Collins (1976).*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and two men from St. Timothy's talk with Studs Terkel

    1966

    Discussion of Division Street: America [Continuation of interview at the end of 1925659-3-1]

  • Leonard Dubi, Denise Ponzetti and Mary Lou Wolff discuss the Citizen's Action Program and community activism in Chicago

    1967

    Father Leonard Dubi and community advocates Denise Ponzetti and Mary Lou Wolff discuss the Citizen's Action Program and community activism in Chicago.

  • Lanza Del Vasto

    Lanza Del Vasto discusses his book "Return to the Source"

    1970

    Philosopher and nonviolent activist Lanza Del Vasto discusses his work as a nonviolent activist and his book "Return to the Source." Terkel refers to del Vasto as "Shantidas" occasionally during the interview.

  • Lady Dhanvanti Rama Rau discusses family planning in India ; part 2

    Feb. 21, 1964

    Lady Dhanvanti Rama Rau discusses economic inequality, poverty, and the growing population in India. She discusses the need for family planning to combat these issues. Studs plays “A Morning Raga” - Ravi Shankar.

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