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Who Invented Mother's Day? Not Hallmark or the Florist Society
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Most people think Mother's Day is just a day for mom to get gifts and thanks. But it has a far more serious and important origin and history.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:01
La Divina: Maria Callas at 100
From: WRTI
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A celebration of soprano Maria Callas's voice, life, and legacy in honor of her centennial.

Bought by WCLV and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bold Women of Montana - 0328 - Harriet Eliza Cushman
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women of Montana - 0324 - Jessie Wilbur
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women of Montana - 0323 - Frances Senska
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women of Montana - 0331 - Chani Nava
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women of Montana - 0330 - Indigenous Language Revival
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women Of Montana - 0308 - Emma Riley Smith
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Equal Pay Day is March 14 - Are Women Catching Up with Men?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
March 14 is date this year when U.S. working women finally reach the amount men earned by the end of last year. And that’s only when all women are...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
Women's Equality Day - Where Do We Stand in the World?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
March 8 is Women's Equality Day, when the World Economic Forum measures how women are doing in every country compared to men. So how do US women me...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Black History Month -- Remember the Ladies
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It's Black History Month, and that means the gals along with the guys. Visit two women you probably never heard of who were "firsts" in their field...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:47
RDD: The Fight of The Past and the Future
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we celebrate the 100th birthday of the League of Women Voters, the LWV. The League is a nonpartisan political ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:02
History Repeats ... Everyday. Bubbles, Bombs, and a Woman President
From: Teosson Wells
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The first woman "U.S. President" happened 100 years ago.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 27:40
When the Equal Rights Amendment Came to Utah
From: Women Run the West
Caption: As soon as the 19th Amendment passed, giving women the right to vote, National Women's Party leader Alice Paul started drafting the Equal Rights Amendment., Credit: Caroline Ballard
Women are only mentioned in the Constitution once: in the Nineteenth Amendment which grants women the right to vote. In 1923, suffragists proposed ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Egyptian Revolution in the Eyes of Women
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Jehad (JeJe) Rajab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
Celebrate MLK, But Honor One Who Went Before Him
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In January we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, known by all as the strongest advoca...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
It Shoulda Been a Giant Step for Womandkind Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
When the U.S. space program was launched, women were tested for astronaut duty -- and passed.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUOW, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Founding Fathers Fouled Up
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on what was wrong with the Declaration of Independence.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
The Woman’s War
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian Catherine Clinton discusses gender dynamics on the home front, and the American History Guys consider ways in which the Civil War is dist...

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 3
Woman's History: Susan B. Anthony March 13, 1906
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 3
Voices of Katrina
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Voices of Hurricane Katrina...this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY, KPFA, KGNU Community Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:01:56
  • Purchases: 9
Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Commemorate 30th Anniversary
From: Marie Trigona
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Argentina?s Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Commemorate 30th Anniversary

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 06:04
International Women's Day torture survivors in Argentina fight for justice
From: Marie Trigona
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Women who survived Argentina's military dictatorship fight to put their perpetrators behind bars

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 07:22