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  1. Germaine Greer (2012)

    Subject
    Literature; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at Australian born feminist and academic Germaine Greer, who is credited with making feminism appealing and accessible for a large audience of both men and women. Part of The New...

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  2. Cicely Saunders (2012)

    Subject
    Social welfare; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the founder of the modern hospice movement, Cicely Saunders, who revolutionised palliative care. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the...

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  3. Margot Fonteyn (2012)

    Subject
    Dance; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and legacy of Margot Fonteyn, widely considered to be one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James...

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  4. Barbara Windsor (2012)

    Subject
    Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the career of Barbara Windsor which spans much of the reign of the current Queen. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the Diamond Jubilee....

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  5. Dorothy Hodgkin (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Dorothy Hodgkin, who discovered the structures of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12 through her ground-breaking approach to crystallography. Part of The...

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  6. Doris Lessing (2012)

    Subject
    Literature; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of writer Doris Lessing, a Nobel laureate who has been praised for her ability to inhabit different fictional worlds. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series...

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  7. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Jocelyn Bell Burnell the astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, the beams of radiation emitted by rapidly spinning neutron stars. Part of The New...

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  8. Vivienne Westwood (2012)

    Subject
    Design; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who has been designing clothes and shoes since the late 1970s, and has won the British Designer of the Year award three times. Part of The New...

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  9. Jayaben Desai (2012)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Women’s studies

    A short podcast about Jayaben Desai, a worker who defied stereotyping all her life. In August 1976, she led a walkout at the Grunwick film processing plant in Willesden, London. Desai and her co workers were...

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  10. Doreen Lawrence (2012)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the achievements of British Jamiacan campaigner Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Doreen Lawrence’s campaign for justice revealed uncomfortable...

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