Women themselves : women's history sketches for a radio series, 1979-1980 (bulk 1979).

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971

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Jane Edna Hunter was an African American social worker who founded the Working Girls Home Association in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1911, as a self-help organization designed to help young black women adjust to city life. The Working Girls Home Association was later renamed The Phyllis Wheatley Association. From the description of Jane Edna Hunter letter to Mrs. Carter, 1926 December 26. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 780300651 Founder and director of the Phill...

Stamberg, Susan, 1938-

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Susan Stamberg was born September 7, 1938. Her broadcasting jobs include producer and program director for "Kaleidoscope" on WAMU (Washington, DC) (1963-1966); host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" (1971-1986) and "Weekend Edition Sunday" (1986-1989); commentator on "Capitol Edition" (1984-1991). In addition, she wrote many books including "Every Night at Five: An All Things Considered Book" (1982) and "Talk" (1993). From the description of Susan Stamberg collection...

Antin, Mary, 1881-1949

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Author. From the description of Mary Antin correspondence, 1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449541 Mary Antin was an author and immigration rights activist. Born to a Jewish family in Polotsk in the Russian Pale of Settlement, she immigrated to the Boston area with her mother and siblings in 1894. Antin was heralded as a success story of what "free education and the European immigrant could make of each other," and in 1899 her letters to an uncle describing this journe...

Grimké, Angelina Emily 1805-1879

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National Public Radio (U.S.)

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Born in Louisiana, blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland (1937-1997) was raised in Houston, Texas, where he formed the band Dukes of Rhythm. Although he recorded albums and performed with Sonny Boy Williamson and Bib Mama Thornton in Texas, Copeland only received recognition after moving to New York City in 1975. Six years later, he signed with Rounder Records and released his album with Arthur Blythe and Byard Lancaster, Copeland Special . In 1982, during a tour of West Africa...

Hall, Lily-Roland.

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Becker, Laura L.

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Gutman, Herbert George, 1928-1985

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Herbert George Gutman (1928-1985) was a historian and professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University and various New York universities. His published works concerned the social and economic structure of American labor....

Schaffer, Alan

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This collection was acquired through the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act by Dr. Alan Schaffer, a history professor at Clemson University, in 1988. From the description of Alan Schaffer Collection of F.B.I. files relating to the lynching of Willie Earle, 1947-1988, (bulk 1947). (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36344796 In 1985, the Clemson University Centennial Committee identified the creation of a pictorial history of Clemson as t...

Holt, Charlotte Sinclair, 1914-

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Medical illustrator and sculptor, of Chicago, Ill. From the description of Holt collection, 19--. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70943834 Charlotte S. Holt (1914-1990) worked for forty years as a medical illustrator, sculptor, and exhibit designer. Together with her professional partner Dr. Frederick Falls, head of the OB/GYN department at the University of Illinois, Holt created thirty-six major medical exhibits for the educat...

WEPR-FM (Radio station : Greenville, S.C.)

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Women Themselves, which first aired in 1980, was a series of 26 half hour radio programs produced and broadcast by WEPR in South Carolina. These programs focused on the lives and accomplishments of some of the prominent women of history. The impetus for this project stemmed from the realization by many historians in the late 1970s that many of the achievements of prominent women had been underexposed in the classroom in regards to textbooks and other media. The project was spearheaded by Alan Sc...

Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Olsen, Tillie

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Vicki Lerner Bergman is Tillie Olsen's youngest sister. From the description of Letters to Vicki Bergman : photocopies, 1960-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448506 Twentieth century Texas author. From the description of Tillie Olsen collection. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 22581533 American writer, born in 1912 and died in 2007. From the description of Tillie Olsen papers, 1930-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Clemson University. Dept. of History.

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