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Judith Emlyn Johnson reads her poetry

Poet Judith Emlyn Johnson (Judith Johnson Sherwin) reads selections from her own work. Johnson was born and still lives in New York City. The poems on this program are from an unpublished book called Waste, written during that time.

Mary Jane Menuez reads her poetry

Poet Mary Jane Menuez reads selections from her work. Menuez was born in Chicago. She began writing poetry as a student of Ellen Bryant Voigt at Goddard College. Her poetry has appeared in such places as Orion's Dolphin, Countermeasures, Xanadu, and the Grolier Press Annual Anthology of Children's Poetry.

Post Civil War girls and the American nightmare / Cynthia Wolff (Program 6 of 6)

Cynthia Wolff, Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, takes a look at the female child as a literary figure in Post Civil War America. She focuses on the portraits of female children in early American literature, the wide appeal and popularity of these noted literary heroines, and the national need they fulfilled.

The rights of employed and unemployed women / moderated by Viv Sutherland.

Panel discussion on the rights of employed and unemployed women. Participants are Laura Sager, Women's Law Clinic at New York University; David Raff, Professor with the Employment Law Clinic, New York University School of Law; and Marilyn Brook, Worker's Defense League. Recoded at NOW-NYC, 47 E. 19th St., New York, NY 10003. Produced by Viv Sutherland. Previously cataloged as BC2586. 

Midwives / interviews by Viv Sutherland.

Viv Sutherland interviews three midwives on their work and its benefits to women. The guests are Judy Carison, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx and Washington Heights Family Planning Clinic; Mary Dowd, Roosevelt Hospital; and Naomi Meyer, Martland Hospital, Newark, NJ.

Maureen Owen reads her poetry

Poet Maureen Owen (b. 1943) reads selections from her own work. She is the author of two books "Country Rush" and "No Travels Journals". She is also the editor of Telephone magazine and the Assistant Director of the St. Marks Poetry Project. Hosted by Susan Howe.
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