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Playlist: Women's History Month Specials

Compiled By: Good Radio Shows, Inc.

Juanita Nelson Credit: Image by: Paul Franz
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Peace Talks Radio shows that have included both well-known and lesser known women making a difference.

Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 1 / Juanita Nelson + Ruth Imber (29:00)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 28:51

Conversations with two octogenarian peace advocates, Juanita Nelson and Ruth Imber, who have each found ways to stay active, working for peace well into their eighties. Nelson died in 2015. Imber in 2014.

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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, conversations with two octogenarian peace advocates who have each found ways to stay active, working for peace well into their eighties.  They each bring the perspective of over eight decades of history to the table as they crusade in their own way for nonviolence. 

First we’ll visit with Juanita Morrow Nelson.   In the mid-1940’s, Juanita Morrow was a young reporter for a Cleveland African-American newspaper.  She was assigned to interview several conscientious objectors who were in jail awaiting appeal of their 5 year sentence for refusing military service in World War 2 because they didn’t feel they should be required to kill.    Ms. Morrow became intrigued with one of the men – Wally Nelson.   Not long after Nelson was released in 1946 after serving 33 months of his sentence, he and Juanita began a relationship that was built around their common commitment to non-violence in all parts of their lives.   The Nelsons were among the first to take the step of refusing to pay taxes to the government because they did not want their tax dollars to go to military spending.  For decades they lived simply below the taxable income line and were active in civil rights and social justice movements.   Wally Nelson died in 2002 at the age of 93.  Juanita Nelson, 85 at the time of our interview, was continuing on her own, living in the house she and Wally Nelson built together from salvaged material.  No electricity, no plumbing, growing their own food on a small tract of land in western Massachusetts.  Ms. Nelson died in 2015.

Also we visit with Ruth Imber.  If you lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and ever attended an event that promoted peacemaking, you’d find a little bespectacled grey haired woman named Ruth Imber there for sure.   In fact, it wouldn’t be unusual for Ruth to slowly climb on to the stage, and grab a microphone to recite an original peace poem or song.  Social justice and peace activism has been a part of her life for as long as she can remember, which, she admits is going back pretty far – to her 1920’s and 30’s childhood in New York City where she grew up.   Ruth Imber was 83 at the time of her interview.  She passed away in 2014.

Carol Boss is host.

This can be paired with a second half hour program that continues the "Peace Elder" theme featuring 87 year old Dr. Bernard Lown.  http://www.prx.org/pieces/33382-peace-talks-radio-peace-elders-part-2-dr-berna

Peace Talks Radio: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (29:00 Version)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 29:01

From the 2007 "Building a Culture of Peace Conference" in Santa Fe, Peace Talks Radio presents highlights from an address by, and a one-on-one interview with, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams, known for her work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Jodywilliamslarge_small Peace Talks Radio. The series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. From the 2007 "Building a Culture of Peace Conference" in Santa Fe, we present highlights from an address and a one-on-one interview with Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams. Ms. Williams talks with us about human rights and international law, the role of civil society in international diplomacy and individual initiative. She received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign that she led, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

A Conversation with Mairead Maguire: 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner [Peace Talks Radio Series]

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 29:02

1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls her peace work in Northern Ireland and in this 2006 interview talks with host Carol Boss about how the principles of nonviolence can be applied to conflicts around the world and in daily life.

Maguire2_small A 2006 conversation with Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. Mairead Corrigan Maguire founded the Community of the Peace People in 1976 along with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown. Mairead was the aunt of the three Maguire children who were hit by a runaway car after its driver was shot by a soldier. The deaths prompted a series of marches throughout Northern Ireland and further afield, all demanding an end to the violence plaguing her country at the time. Mairead and Betty went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976. In this program, Maguire recalls her peace work and talks with host Carol Boss about how the principles of nonviolence can be applied to conflicts around the world and in daily life.

A Conversation with Mairead Maguire (Peace Talks Radio) 59:00 / 54:00

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes series | 59:01

This time on Peace Talks Radio, a 2006 conversation with Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. Also talk about middle school mediation programs and nonviolent communication skills.

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This time on Peace Talks Radio, a 2006 conversation with Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. Mairead Corrigan Maguire founded the Community of the Peace People in 1976 along with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown. Mairead was the aunt of the three Maguire children who were hit by a runaway car after its driver was shot by a soldier. The deaths prompted a series of marches throughout Northern Ireland and further afield, all demanding an end to the violence plaguing her country at the time. Mairead and Betty went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.

In this program, Maguire recalls her peace work and talks with host Carol Boss about how the principles of nonviolence can be applied to conflicts around the world and in daily life.

In part two of the program, previously un-aired Peace Talks Radio conversations about mediation programs for middle school students, a verbal technology called non-violent communication, efforts to institutionalize peace in our governing bodies and the quest for inner peace in a post-9/11 world.  .

Two Women for Peace: Peace Pilgrim and Sister Peggy O'Neill [Peace Talks Radio] (29:00)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 28:58

Two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal – one, Catholic Sister Peggy O’Neill landed in war-ravaged El Salvador in the 1980’s and has been there ever since. The other, a woman who in 1981 had a 28 year personal campaign for peace come to an abrupt end when she had just turned 73. In 1953, Mildred Norman changed her name to Peace Pilgrim and started walking for peace. She kept doing it until the day she died.

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Today on Peace Talks Radio, two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal.

First, the story of a woman who in 1981 had a 28 year personal campaign for peace come to an abrupt end when she had just turned 73.     In 1953, Mildred Norman started off from California’s Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day on a walking tour of the entire country…an ongoing campaign for peace. She changed her name to make the point firm.  During what would become an over 25000 mile trek, her new identity became Peace Pilgrim…  Zak Rosen, shares her story…

About the time of Peace Pilgrim’s death, one of the least peaceful places in the news was El Salvador.  A chaotic 12 year Civil War in the Central American country was into its second year.  Assassinations, death squads, massacres of unarmed civilians – including women and children. In 1980, the Salvadoran National Guard raped and murdered four American nuns and a laywoman. Priests and nuns weren’t safe.    During 1982 and 1983, corrupt government forces killed approximately 8,000 civilians a year. 

Into the middle of this, in the early 1980's, came a Catholic nun named Peggy O’Neill.  On a visit to New Mexico in 2012, she talked with reporter Megan Kamerick about her time in Suchitoto, trying to find the love, nurture peace – more recently by creating a peace center for the community.

Two Women for Peace: Peace Pilgrim and Sister Peggy O'Neill [Peace Talks Radio] (59:00 / 54:00)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes series | 59:00

Two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal – one, Catholic Sister Peggy O’Neill landed in war-ravaged El Salvador in the 1980’s and has been there ever since. The other, a woman who in 1981 had a 28 year personal campaign for peace come to an abrupt end when she had just turned 73. In 1953, Mildred Norman changed her name to Peace Pilgrim and started walking for peace. She kept doing it until the day she died.

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Today on Peace Talks Radio, two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal.

First, the story of a woman who in 1981 had a 28 year personal campaign for peace come to an abrupt end when she had just turned 73.     In 1953, Mildred Norman started off from California’s Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day on a walking tour of the entire country…an ongoing campaign for peace. She changed her name to make the point firm.  During what would become an over 25000 mile trek, her new identity became Peace Pilgrim…  Zak Rosen, shares her story…

About the time of Peace Pilgrim’s death, one of the least peaceful places in the news was El Salvador.  A chaotic 12 year Civil War in the Central American country was into its second year.  Assassinations, death squads, massacres of unarmed civilians – including women and children. In 1980, the Salvadoran National Guard raped and murdered four American nuns and a laywoman. Priests and nuns weren’t safe.    During 1982 and 1983, corrupt government forces killed approximately 8,000 civilians a year. 

Into the middle of this, in the early 1980's, came a Catholic nun named Peggy O’Neill.  On a visit to New Mexico in 2012, she talked with reporter Megan Kamerick about her time in Suchitoto, trying to find the love, nurture peace – more recently by creating a peace center for the community.

The 1871 Mother's Day Proclamation for Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 28:58

The story of Julia Ward Howe's 1871 Proclamation for Peace and her call for a universal Mother's Day to promote peace and disarmament. (also available in 59:00 / 54:00 Version on PRX)

Julia-ward-howe-9345293-1-402_small The story of Julia Ward Howe's 1871 Proclamation for Peace and her call for a universal Mother's Day to promote peace and disarmament.  Host Carol Boss talks with Kate Stickley, a direct descendent of Howe, and Jane Smith Bernhardt, an actor who portrays Howe onstage.

The 1871 Mother's Day Proclamation for Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00/54:00]

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes series | 59:00

The story of Julia Ward Howe's 1871 Proclamation for Peace and her call for a universal Mother's Day to promote peace and disarmament, plus the author of a book called "Long Time Passing: Mothers Talk About War and Terror." (also available in 29:00 version on PRX)

Julia-ward-howe-9345293-1-402_small The story of Julia Ward Howe's 1871 Proclamation for Peace and her call for a universal Mother's Day to promote peace and disarmament.  Host Carol Boss talks with Kate Stickley, a direct descendent of Howe, and Jane Smith Bernhardt, an actor who portrays Howe onstage.  Plus conversation with Susan Galleymore, author of a book called "Long Time Passing: Mothers Talk About War and Terror."

The Peacemaking Chapters of The Roosevelts

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes series | 58:49

Considerable material about Eleanor Roosevelt's philosophies.

Roosevelts_small On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Teddy, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through a peace studies lens.  First, some details about the effort that won Teddy Roosevelt the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize, then later we explore the war and peace philosophies of Franklin Roosevelt, and the peace and human rights work of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Our guests are Charles Doleac, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire attorney and expert on The Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905.  Also Dr. Allida Black of the George Washington University in Washington, DC and author or editor of many books on Eleanor Roosevelt.

The Roosevelts Through a Peace Studies Lens

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 29:01

Includes considerable content about Eleanor Roosevelt's philosophies.

Teddy_small On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Teddy, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through a peace studies lens.  First, some details about the effort that won Teddy Roosevelt the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize, then later we explore the war and peace philosophies of Franklin Roosevelt, and the peace and human rights work of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Our guests are Charles Doleac, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire attorney and expert on The Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905.  Also Dr. Allida Black of the George Washington University in Washington, DC and author or editor of many books on Eleanor Roosevelt.

Catholic Peacemaking Icons

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes series | 59:00

Despite the Catholic Church being mired in its sexual abuse scandal which has tarnished the faith's reputation globally, Catholic history also holds many courageous stories of people working for peace, social justice and economic equity. We’re going to spend some time on those stories on this program.

Today Megan Kamerick talks with three guests. The episode leads off with
Megan’s conversation with Kate Hennessy, the granddaughter of Dorothy Day, who co-founded the Catholic Worker movement. Then Kerry Walters discusses his book: "Saint Óscar Romero: Pastor, Prophet, Martyr. Romero was assassinated in 1980 while saying mass and was canonized in 2018.
He died the day after he spoke out against the violence in El Salvador.
Megan also speaks with Sister Simone Campbell, a contemporary advocate of social justice and one of the leaders of the “Nuns On The Bus” movement, wherein a group of nuns travels on a bus from town to town throughout the U.S. to advocate for under-served populations.

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As we've documented on our program from time to time, religion has
been both a divisive agent touching off much conflict throughout
history, AND a source of inspiration in resolving conflict.

In recent years, for example, the Catholic Church has been mired in its
very real and massive sexual abuse scandal which has tarnished the faith's
reputation globally.  And yet Catholic history also holds many courageous
stories of people working for peace, social justice and economic equity. 
We’re going to spend some time on those stories on this program.

Sometimes socially conscious work has brought Catholics in conflict
with more conservative elements in the Church and society. Sometimes it
has cost them their lives. The lessons of their lives offer rich examples
for all of us, regardless of our spiritual beliefs, on how to live more
compassionately and justly.

Today Megan Kamerick talks with three guests. The episode leads off with
Megan’s conversation with Kate Hennessy, the granddaughter of Dorothy Day,
whoco-founded the Catholic Worker movement. The Worker houses, which
stillexist today, embody the idea of radical hospitality, taking care of
thosemost in need. Hennessy’s book,The World Will Be Saved By Beauty, is
anintimate portrait of Dorothy Day, who is a candidate for sainthood, a
title Hennessy says her grandmother was not at all interested in.

Then Kerry Walters discusses hisbook Saint Óscar Romero: Pastor, Prophet,
Martyr. Romero was assassinated in 1980 while saying mass and was
canonized in 2018. He was a retiring and somewhat conservative priest. But
he was galvanized in the last years of his life to speak out against the
violence in El Salvador.  Romero took up the cause of the poor and finally
called directly upon the military to stop the repression of campesinos and
activists.

Megan also speaks withSister Simone Campbell, a contemporary advocate of
social justice and oneof the leaders of the “Nuns On The Bus” movement,
wherein a group of nuns travels on a bus from town to town throughout the
U.S. to advocate for underserved populations.