The last in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. This episode is on Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard’s (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) temperance movement — a political school for women. Lerner puts the temperance movement into perspective and explains why women were so attracted to the temperance movement.
Frances Willard’s temperance crusade: a political school for women (Episode 6 of 6)
PRA Archive #:
BB3802.06
Date Recorded On:
circa January 1963
Date Broadcast On:
WBAI, January 30, 1963
Item Duration:
1 reel (24 min.)
Total Duration (All Reels):
6 reels (ca. 170 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
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 #: BB3802.06
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- Episode: Frances Willard’s temperance crusade: a political school for women (Episode 6 of 6)
- Series: Forgotten women in American history / Gerda Lerner
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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 Archives, 1963
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- Speaker: Gerda Lerner


