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In celebration of International Women?s Day, artist Christy Gast narrates the lives and words of the first ten women to run for President of the United States. The roster includes everyone from eccentric Victoria Woodhull, a clairvoyant who advocated for free love in 1872, to Margaret Wright, who represented the Peace and Freedom Party in 1976. Representing both major parties and a slew of independent ones, these women passed important legislation and opened the doors for women in politics. Leading to the important question, will we ever see a woman in the White House?
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In celebration of International Women?s Day, artist Christy Gast narrates the lives and words of the first ten women to run for President of the United States. The roster includes everyone from eccentric Victoria Woodhull, a clairvoyant who advocated for free love in 1872, to Margaret Wright, who represented the Peace and Freedom Party in 1976. Representing both major parties and a slew of independent ones, these women passed important legislation and opened the doors for women in politics. Leading to the important question, will we ever see a woman in the White House?
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Review of Lady PresidentsThis is where radio can really shine -- raising from the dead people who are so forgotten it's embarrassing. To hear voices from the past, in all their gritty glory, is exhilarating. Bad audio? Even better. It connotes a sense of authenticity.
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Broadcast on WBAI on march 8, 2006.
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Review of Lady Presidents
Producer Amber Cortes does an admirable job of weaving together stories about the first ten women to run for U.S. President. It's a great piece of history, with narrator Christy Gast doing a fine job of reading excerpts from each of the histories. A music bed of varied and historic patriotic music runs throughout, and generally adds to the piece. Despite some occasional jarring edits and level changes, I think the piece hangs together well and is enjoyable to listen to. It's light hearted rather than overly serious, and contains a great deal of well-presented interesting historical information. Technical glitches are mainly related to a difference in sound and pacing from pieces that are edited together. I look forward to hearing more from this producer, with an eye towards improving the technical quality of her pieces.