BBC Witness: Women's History Month Special
In honors of Women's History Month, listen to a one-hour special from BBC Witness highlighting some of the defining moments of women's rights, in addition to inspiring stories from figures...
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American Woman: Breaking Barriers, Breaking Ground
Wigs, skulls, and upper class woes inspired three artists — Cindy Sherman, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Edith Wharton — to challenge what it meant to be a woman in the 20th century. But by delving deep into...
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In the early 1940s, the US Airforce faced a dilemma. Thousands of new airplanes were coming off assembly lines and needed to be delivered to military bases nationwide, yet most of America’s pilots were...
View ArticleCelebrating Women's History Month
Here, at the WQXR offices, we read about, watch and listen to a lot of classical music. We created the WQXR Whole Note as a place to share news, videos, music and musings that have captivated us. We...
View ArticleSeven Women Conductors Who Deserve Attention
In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we’re revisiting the subject of female conductors. Since we last looked at this crop of rising maestros, a number of talented women have been added to the...
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How I use comic books as a learning tool in my social studies classroom
Superheroes come in all shapes and colors: Ms. Marvel is a Pakistani American; Spider-Man, aka Miles Morales, is a Black Hispanic teen; and Faith is a plus-size crime fighter. Ms. Marvel and Super-Man...
View Article18 Women Composers You Should Know
March is home to both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. If you’re looking for some great sounds to celebrate the contributions women have made to society throughout human history,...
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Notable Firsts For Women In the Classical World (Part 1)
For Women’s History Month, we’re sharing the stories of several women who broke barriers, eviscerated expectations and shattered ceilings in the classical world — giving some much-needed context to...
View ArticleWell Aren't You Just the Cutest Bunch of Accomplished Women Pilots!
"Do you fly in flat shoes, high heels, or silk stockings?" That was an actual question posed to a group of women pilots at a press conference in New York in 1965. They were about to participate in the...
View ArticleJoanne Polk Celebrates the Music of Fanny Mendelssohn
Pianist and music professor Joanne Polk joined us in our studio to play works by women composers. Above, watch her play Fanny Mendelssohn's Songs for Pianoforte No. 4: Allegro con brio.Fanny...
View ArticleJoanne Polk Celebrates the Music of Amy Beach
In celebration of Women’s History Month, pianist and music professor Joanne Polk joined us in our studio to play works by women composers. Above, watch her play Amy Beach's "Dreaming" from Four...
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8 Women In the Classical World Who Did It First (Part 2)
Cuban-American conductor Odaline de la Martinez once said, “we have to create some sort of collection of the achievements of all women in all fields, so that we can remember that [and] remind...
View ArticleFly Girls
In the early 1940s, the U.S. Air Force faced a dilemma. Thousands of new airplanes were coming off assembly lines and needed to be delivered to military bases nationwide, yet most of America’s pilots...
View ArticleComposer-Performer Molly Joyce and Women's History Month
Hear Wavelength with host Kelly Moran Mondays at 10 am on New Sounds Radio. Repeats throughout the week, including Wednesdays at 4 pm and Fridays at 9 pm. For this episode, I wanted to focus...
View ArticleChallenge: Women Are for Life, Not Just for International Women’s Day
This Friday, March 8, marks an important day at WQXR: a 24-hour marathon of some of the best and most unique music in the classical repertoire — that was all written by women. For the first time, we’ll...
View ArticleProgramming Diversity: An Update
In March 2019, the WQXR programming team made the effort to program a continuous cycle of music, exclusively featuring female composers. But not only that — we also committed ourselves to significantly...
View ArticleIn Opera and Classical Music, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
When I look at and listen to members of different groups in our society talk about wanting to have a life based on creativity in organizations that have not always welcomed them, the term that comes up...
View ArticleThe Rundown: Your Women’s History Month 2021 Programming Guide
This March we invite you to observe Women’s History Month with us, as we share a slate of programming curated to highlight the contributions of women music makers — be they composers or...
View ArticleNew York's 'Vaccine Passport'; Chauvin Trial Opening; Groundbreaking Women;...
On today's show:New York recently launched a vaccine passport called the "Excelsior Pass." Brian Behlendorf, executive director of Linux Foundation of Public Health, talks about what it is, and how...
View ArticleYour Favorite Female First
As Women's History Month draws to a close, Alexis Coe, historian and author of, now out in paperback, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington (Penguin Books, 2021), joins to...
View ArticleFly Girls
Soon after he entered office, President Biden issued an executive order allowing transgender people to serve in the military. It was the latest in a long series of shifts in who can serve and who...
View Article163—Tales from Vietnamese Nail Shops in America
The women who were murdered in Atlanta were Korean, not Vietnamese. They were doing massage, not manicures. But they faced the hate and violence that is mounting against Asian American people in the...
View ArticleThe Moth Radio Hour: Global Stories of Women and Girls
In this hour, Global Stories of Women and Girls -- hosted by Moth Storyteller, Fatou Wurie. A Kenyan student aspires to be beautiful while her mother has bigger ideas; a teenager's failing sight is...
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4 Female Composers in Conversation
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we asked four composers (Missy Mazzoli, Jessie Montgomery, Angélica Negrón, and Gabriela Ortiz) what WHM and International Women’s Day (March 8) mean to them....
View ArticlePreviewing The Athena Film Festival
This week sees the beginning of the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College, a festival dedicated to spotlighting female filmmakers. Melissa Silverstein, co-founder and artistic director of AFF and...
View Article25 Years of Stories: Finding Power
This week, we feature two stories about power - who gets it, who wields it, and what it takes to find it. This episode is hosted by Jodi Powell. Host: Jodi Powell Storytellers: Lyralen Kaye, Phyllis...
View ArticleFirst Women In Their Field
In celebration of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, listeners call in with stories about being the first women in their fields.
View ArticleWomen's Work: STEM
As part of Women's History Month, we're sharing stories of the women who moved into traditionally-male professions. Today, Kate Zernike, New York Times reporter and the author of The Exceptions: Nancy...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Transphobia in Politics and Law; 'Unsupervised' at...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Transphobia in Political Rhetoric and Law (First) | Last Chance!: Refik Anadol at MoMA (Starts at 36:50) | First Women In Their...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Three Years of COVID; How to Learn 'New Tricks';...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Practicing physician and contributing writer at The New Yorker Dhruv Khullar assesses the national COVID response three years later...
View ArticleWomen's History Month Highlights
For transcripts, see individual segment pages.Today, we present some of our favorite conversations with female authors, actors, directors, and business owners as part of our celebration of Women's...
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