Dr Rebecca Brenner Graham is a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University and author of the new book Dear Miss Perkins. While the book specifically focuses on Frances Perkins’s work to help refugees from Nazi Germany, Dr Grahamalso tells us more broadly about the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet, whose work as labor secretary and as the architect of the New Deal programs lives on almost a century later.Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Rebecca-Brenner-Graham-on-Frances-Perkins-transcript-.pdfGet the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762819/dear-miss-perkins-by-rebecca-brenner-graham/Read more about Perkins on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/frances-perkins/
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Titaś Biswas on the female body taking up space
Titaś Biswas, a Doctoral Candidate in sociology at University College Dublin, lecturer in Media Studies at Carlow College and a researcher at University College Cork, tells us about her work exploring how the human body has been analyzed in traditional histories, and reframing perspectives with feminist readings.Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Titas-Biswas-on-the-female-body-taking-up-space-transcript.pdf
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Anna von Mertens on Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Anna Von Mertens is a visual artist and author of the book, Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt.Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Anna-von-Mertens-on-Henrietta-Swan-Leavitt-transcript.pdf
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Katie Gee Salisbury on Anna May Wong
Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, joins us to talk about Hollywood’s first Asian-American movie star. More about Katie and her work: https://www.notyourchinadoll.com/Read the episode transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Katie-Gee-Salisbury-on-Anna-May-Wong-transcript.pdf
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Dr Barbara Winslow on Shirley Chisholm and Kamala Harris
Dr Barbara Winslow, professor emerita in women and gender studies at Brooklyn College and founder and director emerita of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women’s Activism, joins us to discuss the parallels between the presidential campaigns of Shirley Chisholm and Kamala Harris. Read more about Barbara's books: Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change https://www.routledge.com/Shirley-Chisholm-Catalyst-for-Change/Winslow/p/book/9780813347691Revolutionary Feminists: The Women’s Liberation Movement in Seattle https://www.dukeupress.edu/revolutionary-feministsRead the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Barbara-Winslow-on-Shirley-Chisholm-and-Kamala-Harris-transcript.pdf
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