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KMUD- Women's Histories

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Welcome to KMUD’s special series celebrating Women’s History Month! Throughout history, women have led, innovated, and broken barriers, in every field—often against the odds. In these two-minute segments, the women of KMUD will shine a light on inspiring women whose impact continues to shape our world. From Babe Didrikson, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, to Maya Angelou, the groundbreaking author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and from Sojourner Truth, a fearless activist for African American civil rights in the 1800s, to Kathleen Hanna, the trailblazing pioneer of feminist punk, we uncover the stories of women who made history and continue to inspire future generations!
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Mother Teresa's "Anyway" Poem

Mother Teresa 's "Anyway" Poem — Xeno read this poem on KMUD in 1999 to urge us to “be kind anyway."

Apr 04, 2025•3 min

Judi Bari announces she has breast cancer to her listeners

Judi Bari announces in 1999 she has breast cancer to the listeners of her Punch and Judi show on KZYX, with an outro by Katz. (This audio is from the Who Bombed Judi Bari CD, produced by Darryl Cherney and Penny Andrews, who are both KMUD programmers.)

Apr 04, 2025•3 min

Menopause special

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Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 40 min

Katherine Graham

Katharine Meyer Graham was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Mar 31, 2025•4 min

Sumatran Women's Prison Camp Choir

The Women's Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra (1943–1944) was a choral group founded in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Sumatra during World War II. It came into being because of the collaborative efforts of Margaret Dryburgh, Norah Chambers and their fellow inmates.

Mar 31, 2025•3 min

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, actress, singer, dancer, and civil rights activist. She was a pioneering autobiographical writer who published seven autobiographies, including her most famous work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) about her childhood. Angelou also wrote essays, poetry, and is credited with work in film, television, and theater.

Mar 27, 2025•2 min

Eunice Newton

Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was a pioneer in climate science and the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect

Mar 26, 2025•2 min

Stevie Nicks

Stephanie Lynn Nicks is an American singer-songwriter who has found success both as a solo artist and with the band Fleetwood Mac. In 2008, she founded the non-profit Stevie Nicks Band Of Soldiers and has also supported aid for Ukrainian troops. Nicks has also made appearances in film and television, including American Horror Story (2014, 2018), Up All Night (2012), and The Voice (2014). She has a fear of flying and has toured by b

Mar 25, 2025•3 min

Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke is an American environmentalist, writer, and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development.

Mar 24, 2025•4 min

Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.

Mar 23, 2025•3 min

Ulali

Ulali is an a cappella group of women who self-identify as Native American. Founded in 1987, its current members include original members Pura Fé, Soni Moreno and Jennifer Kreisberg. Not all of the women are enrolled in a Native nation

Mar 22, 2025•2 min

Tasha McKee

Tasha McKee, Environmentalist, 4th Generation Whitethorn Valley Resident, and Grandmother

Mar 21, 2025•3 min

Poly Styrene

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She was recognized as rock's original Riot grrrl, the underground feminist punk movement.

Mar 20, 2025•3 min

Sophia Scholl

Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother, Hans.

Mar 19, 2025•3 min

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826

Mar 18, 2025•3 min

Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronted the electropunk band Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin.

Mar 17, 2025•2 min

Mary Golda Ross

Mary Golda Ross was the first Native American female engineer. She was also the first female engineer in the history of the Lockheed Corporation. She worked at Lockheed from 1942 until her retirement in 1973, where she was best remembered for her work on aerospace design.

Mar 16, 2025•3 min

Mother Nature

Honoring Mother nature the women that protect her, all she gives, her love, and her great history

Mar 15, 2025•1 min

Maria Mitchell

Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor. She won a gold medal prize for her discovery, which was presented to her by King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848.

Mar 14, 2025•3 min

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who advocates for education and equality for all. As a teenager, she spoke out against the Taliban's ban on girls' education in Pakistan. In 2012, the Taliban shot her in the head while she was riding the bus home from school. This event made her an international symbol of the fight for girls' education.

Mar 13, 2025•4 min

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar.

Mar 12, 2025•2 min

Katherine Stinson

Katherine Stinson was an American aviation pioneer who, in 1912, became the fourth woman in the United States to earn the FAI pilot certificate. She set flying records for aerobatic maneuvers, distance, and endurance.

Mar 11, 2025•4 min

Indigenous Women

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the strength and resilience of Indigenous women. From leaders and activists to storytellers and cultural keepers, their contributions have shaped history and continue to inspire. Join us as we share their stories and discuss the importance of uplifting Indigenous voices.

Mar 10, 2025•3 min

Francoise d'Eaubonne

Françoise d'Eaubonne was a French author, labour rights activist, environmentalist, and feminist. Her 1974 book, Le Féminisme ou la Mort, introduced the term ecofeminism. She co-founded the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire, a homosexual revolutionary alliance in Paris.

Mar 09, 2025•3 min

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen OSB, also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.

Mar 08, 2025•3 min
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