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Gloria Steinem on Being an Undercover Playboy Bunny for an Exposé

  By Virginia Choi • March 20, 2014 Uncategorized
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In 1963, Gloria Steinem famously worked as a Playboy Bunny at the New York Playboy Club in order to uncover the exploitative work conditions and treatment that the women there endured. Continue reading

Tagged   1960s, Arts and Culture, Feminism, Playboy, Women
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Gloria Steinem on How She Will Never Stop Fighting for Women's Rights

  By Virginia Choi • March 20, 2014 Uncategorized
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Gloria Steinem talks about how sexual harassment in the workplace was considered normal during her era and how these accepted, everyday conventions wanted to make her change society on behalf of women. Continue reading

Tagged   1960s, Feminism, Politics and History, Women
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Student-Interview With Gloria Steinem in 70s Led to Rallying of Women on Campus

  By Virginia Choi • March 20, 2014 Uncategorized
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In the early 70s, Rob Rainey, who interviewed Gloria Steinem as the News Director for the Auburn University student-run radio show 91.1 FM, talks about how Steinem criticized some of the sexist college policies on the air. Continue reading

Tagged   1970s, Arts and Culture, Auburn University, Women
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Wall Street
Muriel Siebert on Being the First Woman on Wall Street

  By Witnify • March 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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Muriel Siebert discusses the how she got her start on Wall Street as an analyst and describes how buying her own seat on the stock exchange was the only way to stop making just 60% of what men were taking home. Continue reading

Tagged   1950s, Business, Muriel Siebert, Politics and History, Wall Street, Women
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Iraq War
Tammy Duckworth Remembers Losing Her Legs in Iraq

  By Witnify • March 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Representative Tammy Duckworth describes the rocket launched grenade that took both of her legs while she was working as a helicopter Battle Captain in Iraq. Continue reading

Tagged   Iraq War, Military, Politics and History, Tammy Duckworth, Women
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Golda Meir
Biden Remembers Golda Meir Before the Yom Kippur War

  By Witnify • March 12, 2014 Uncategorized
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Vice President Joe Biden remembers his time with Golda Meir before the Yom Kippur War while he was visiting Israel as a 30-year-old senator. Continue reading

Tagged   1960s, Golda Meir, Joe Biden, Politics and History, Women
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor Remembers Her First Trip to the Supreme Court

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, remembers the first time she visited the Supreme Court and the photos she took with her husband, John.
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Tagged   Judge, Politics and History, Sandra Day O'Connor, Women
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Sandra Day O’Connor on the Women of the Supreme Court

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, shares her thoughts on the current women on the Supreme Court and discusses whether her appointment happened because she was a woman or because she was qualified. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Sandra Day O'Connor, Women
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Susie Wolff: ‘I Am a Racing Driver Regardless of My Gender’

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Susie Wolff, a Scottish Formula One race driver, discusses the barriers she has faced as a woman in a male dominated sport and shares her hopes for the future of women in the sport, both as drivers and team principals. Continue reading

Tagged   F1 Racing, Formula One Racing, Sports, Susie Wolff, Women
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Death and Funeral of Margaret Thatcher
Bryony Nierop-Reading Explains Her Disapproval At Margaret Thatcher's Funeral

  By Witnify • March 6, 2014 Uncategorized
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Bryony Nierop-Reading discusses why she is protesting at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. Continue reading

Tagged   Death and Funeral of Margaret Thatcher, Funeral, Politics and History, Thatcher, Women
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