On the gradual growth of opportunity for women to attain a secondary education during the early 1800s. Contains readings of excerpts from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emilius: or, a treatise on education (1774), John Gregory’s A father’s legacy to his daughters (1761), Thomas Jefferson’s letters to his daughters; Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Oldtown folks (1869), Alice Stone Blackwell’s Lucy Stone: pioneer of women’s rights (1930); Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner’s The gilded age: a tale of today (1873). This is the eighth episode in the series of fourteen. The series was written and directed by Virginia Maynard and produced by Maynard and Chuck Levy, narrated by Levy, and engineered by David Talcott. It was funded in part by the Educational Television and Radio Center in Ann Arbor and distributed nationally by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters.
The Tree of knowledge (Episode 8 of 14)
PRA Archive #:
BB0130.08
Date Recorded On:
ca. 31 Dec. 1958
Date Broadcast On:
KPFA, 31 Dec. 1958
Item Duration:
1 reel (29 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Total Duration (All Reels):
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Availability Notice:
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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- PRA Archive #: BB0130.08
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- Episode: The Tree of knowledge (Episode 8 of 14)
- Series: The American woman
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1958.
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- Producer: Virginia Maynard
- Producer: Charles Levy
- Engineer: David Talcott
- Author: Alice Stone Blackwell