Madeleine Thompson on Clara Barton

Madeleine Thompson on Clara Barton

Madeleine Thompson, Site Administrator for the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington D.C., tells us about the life and legacy of the founder of the American Red Cross. Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Madeleine-Thompson-on-Clara-Barton-transcript.pdf

Dr Jessica Scott on queer activism in the US South and South Africa

Dr Jessica Scott, an associate professor of gender studies at West Virginia Wesleyan College, joins us to discuss her book Home Is Where Your Politics Are: Queer Activism in the U.S. South and South Africa. Get the book: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/home-is-where-your-politics-are/9781978836075/ Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Jessica-Scott-on-queer-activism-in-the-US-South-and-South-Africa-transcript.pdf

Amy Reading on Katharine S. White

Biographer Amy Reading tells us about the subject of her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker, which was a finalist for a Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Get the book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-world-she-edited-amy-reading Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Amy-Reading-on-Katharine-S.-White-transcript.pdf

Drs Wendy E. Chmielewski and Jill Norgren on women running for offices in the US before 1920

Drs Wendy E. Chmielewski and Jill Norgren, co-creators of the digital history project Her Hat Was In The Ring (https://herhat.historyit.com/) and authors of a forthcoming book of the same name. The project traces 6,000 women who campaigned for elective office before 1920 and ratification of the 19th Amendment in the United States. Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Drs-Wendy-E.-Chmielewski-and-Jill-Norgren-on-women-running-for-offices-in-the-US-before-1920-transcript.pdf

Jane Eisner on Carole King

Jane Eisner, author of the new book Carole King: She Made the Earth Move, joins us to talk about the life and work of the iconic singer-songwriter. Get the book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259469/carole-king/ Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Jane-Eisner-on-Carole-King-transcript.pdf