WAMC: 51% Show # 998 (2008-08-28)

51 % The Women's Perspective

51% Show # 998

(2008-08-28)

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ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - Ashley Rhodes Courter is a survivor. She nearly fell through the cracks of the U.S. foster care system. She was dumped, abused, neglected and called a liar. And she didn't give up. Katie Britton has the story.
10:15 Rhodes-Courter - Britton

Coming up on 51%... We'll talk about what courage means in the modern world...and why courageous women are needed.

If you missed part of our show, you can listen to 51% anytime. Just download our podcast at wamc.org or call 1-800-323-9262 to order a CD - you'll need to know the program number. This week's show is #998.

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The program is called women and courage...expressing womens wisdom in the 21st century. It's being hosted at the Omega institute in upstate NY in mid-September. Carla Goldstein is head of the women's institute at Omega...and she says a modern world where no war can be won calls for a different kind of courage.

6:30 Goldstein - Barnett

Carla Goldstein is head of the women's institute at Omega. For more information on Omega, or the conference on women and courage, visit their website at www.eomega.org.

It takes courage to defy society's limitations...and its conventions. As part of our National Science Foundation, The Sounds of Progress series, narrator Kate Mulgrew profiles Italy's groundbreaking sculptress...Anna Morandi Manzolini. Her work wasn't just art...it was science.

2:00 NSF #2 Manzolini

If you'd like to find out more or hear more in this series, visit www.womeninscience.org. Click on the Sounds of Progress button.

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