00 / 00 ©Werner Otto/Alamy Mothers discuss the hardships of living on welfare BROADCAST: 1968 | DURATION: 00:54:45 Synopsis Five mothers from Chicago discuss the hardships of living in poverty and how little welfare actually helps with Studs Terkel. Details Broadcast Date 1968 Physical Format 1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : 7 in. Duration 54 minutes, 45 seconds Digital Format WAV Ownership The Chicago History Museum Language English Topics Advocacy Community Activism & Social Reform Healthcare, Medicine, Mental Health African-American History & Culture Race Relations People Social Reformers Tags WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Thurman, Dovie Bell, Bessie. Dandridge, Catherine. Chmura, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Public welfare Welfare rights movement Welfare recipients Audiotapes. Radio programs. Sociology Chicago race issues Education Poverty Related Programs Interviewing Jessie Binford ; part 3 Jul. 1, 1963 Reverend Grant Gallup discusses his time spent in Nicaragua Jan. 13, 1992 Discussing the book "Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era"with the author, historian Patricia Sullivan. Program includes excerpts from programs 9 and 11 of Terkel's "Hard Times" series Mar. 29, 1996 Interviewing Bruno Bettleheim ; part 1 1961 Panel of women recipients discuss being welfare recipients in Chicago Jan. 1, 1969 Discussing the Synanon organization in California for rehabilitation from drug addiction and interviewing Dan and Marge Sorkin Sep. 23, 1974
