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Sat. 7/24,12p. On Women s Focus: Carol Boss talks with journalist Marguerite Kearns about her new book, The Unfinished Revolution which, through the lens of her family s history, tells the story of the suffrage movement and the ongoing struggle for women s rights in the U.S.
Carol also has a conversation with Melissa Homestead about her new groundbreaking book, The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith Lewis . It s an in-depth look at the 40 year domestic relationship that has long been ignored and minimized and how Edith Lewis was central to both Willa Cather s life and her literary career.
The City of Fort Saskatchewan, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS), Elk Island Catholic Schools (EICS), and several other community groups are taking steps to…
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
Sat. 5/25, 12p: On Women s Focus this week, Carol Boss talks to Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke, President and CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, about the growing violence against Asian Americans despite increased national attention and political action against anti-Asian hate crimes; also, the impact of the recent signing of the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act into law on the Asian community nation-wide.
Carol also talks with Lamia Faruki, a Palestinian, who was born in and grew up in New Mexico. She s a board member of Tomorrow s Women (formerly named Creativity For Peace), which trains and empowers young Israeli and Palestinian women to partner as leaders by transforming anger, prejudice, and conflict to mutual respect and to building peace. They initially come to New Mexico for a 3-week summer camp in northern New Mexico. Given the recent conflict between Israel and Palestine, for whic
Gusta Davidson and Minka Liebeskind both became members of the Krakow ghetto underground
Sat 5/15 12p Women s Focus: Of all the stories of WWII and the Holocaust, one of the most extraordinary has remained hidden until now: the daring resistance efforts of Jewish women in the ghettos of the Nazi occupation. Carol Boss speaks with author Judy Batalion - her new book, The Light of Days , tells the stories of these brave young women during the darkest of times and the invaluable role they played fighting against and surviving Hitler s final solution . The Light of Days has been optioned by Steven Spielberg and will become a major motion picture.
Jeff Woodward
Sat. 4/10, 12p: This weekend on Women s Focus, Carol Boss talks with poet, essayist Diana Whitney about the power of poetry. Her new book, you don t have to be everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves , is a collection of diverse voices of women who address among other things, the complex feelings of coming-of-age. The 68 poets include Naomi Shihab Nye, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, and Amanda Gorman.