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 Jimmy Collier, Jim Orange and Diane Smith of the Freedom singers ; part 2 Dec. 31, 1959 Discussing a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze Oct. 27, 1982 Muhammad Ali discusses his book "The Greatest: My Own Story" Nov. 26, 1975 Presenting the Hiroshima commemoration program 1980 Interviews with Dr. Bruno Bettelheim and Marlene Dixon Feb. 6, 1969 Leon Forrest in conversation with Studs Terkel Jun. 23, 1977
