Biographer Lorissa Rinehart tells us about the U.S.’s first Congresswoman and the subject of her new book, Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress. Get the book: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781250353047/Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Lorissa-Rinehart-on-Jeannette-Rankin-transcript.pdf
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Dr. Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann on early German-speaking archaeologists
Dr. Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann, co-Investigator for AktArcha, a project researching early female archaeologists from German-speaking areas, tells us about such women’s careers in archaeology, including as antiquarians, collectors, excavators, or museum workers.More about the project and various women's stories: https://aktarcha.hypotheses.org/Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Doris-Gutsmiedl-Schumann-on-early-German-speaking-archaeologists-transcript.pdf
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Dr Kimberly Voss on women in US journalism in the 1950s and '60s
Dr Kimberly Voss, a professor of journalism at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida. Her books include The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community, Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s, Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era: Celebrating Soft News, and Vivian Castleberry: Challenging the Traditions of Women’s Roles, Newspaper Content, and Community Politics.Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Kimberly-Voss-on-women-in-US-journalism-in-the-1950s-and-60s-transcript.pdf
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Dr Dorina Pojani on the gender divide in urban planning
Dorina Pojani is an Associate Professor of urban planning at The University of Queensland and co-author of Early Planning Utopias: A Feminist Critique, which is available now from Anthem Press: https://anthempress.com/early-planning-utopias-pbRead the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Dorina-Pojani-on-the-gender-divide-in-urban-planning-transcript.pdf
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Dr Maggie Hennefeld on women's comedy and laughter in film and activism
Maggie Hennefeld is a Professor of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota and author of Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria & Early Cinema. Maggie is also affiliated with the Women Film Pioneers Project (read about her Cinema's First Nasty Women project), and joins us to discuss women's laughter and film, and how the archives of feminist film comedy can help inspire creativity and resistance in our political culture today. Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Maggie-Hennefeld-on-womens-comedy-and-laughter-in-film-and-activism-transcript.pdf