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Gloria Steinem?s name is synonymous with feminism and women empowerment. She founded Ms. Magazine more than twenty years ago and she?s still fighting for women?s rights and true equality of the sexes. Here, Gloria Steinem talks about what our nation and world would look like "If Women Mattered." Steinem spoke at Town Hall Seattle on March 8th, 2006. The University of Washington Graduate School sponsored the event.
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Gloria Steinem?s name is synonymous with feminism and women empowerment. She founded Ms. Magazine more than twenty years ago and she?s still fighting for women?s rights and true equality of the sexes. Here, Gloria Steinem talks about what our nation and world would look like "If Women Mattered." Steinem spoke at Town Hall Seattle on March 8th, 2006. The University of Washington Graduate School sponsored the event.
Broadcast History
aired on KUOW April 5, 2006. Show is called "Speaker's Forum."
Timing and Cues
includes billboard and newscast-compatible 53:00 minute body of show. Includes a KUOW host intro and outro of the lecture and ID in the middle of each hour. (tells who the speaker is. The ID isn't just for station ID but so that listeners get to know who's speaking about halfway through the hour.)
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