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 Molly a poor white woman talks with Studs Terkel Apr. 9, 1965 Discussing folk music with folk musician Pete Seeger Feb. 11, 1982 Interviewing Jimmy Collier, Jim Orange and Diane Smith of the Freedom singers ; part 2 Dec. 31, 1959 Allan Evans and Henry Jordan discuss The Foundation Years ; part 2 1970 Interviewing singer Ester Merrill and tap dancer Maurice Hines. Nov. 15, 1988 June Terpstra and two women, Ann and Donna, discuss battered women Oct. 28, 1983