Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Fredara Hadley

Fredara Mareva Hadley, Ph.D. is an ethnomusicology professor in the Music History Department at The Juilliard School where she teaches courses on ethnomusicology and African American Music. Dr. Hadley has presented her research at universities and conferences both domestic and abroad and has been published in academic journals and other publications. Her commentary is featured…

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“The First Lady of Radio”

Mary Margaret McBride (1899-1976) was a  writer and broadcast journalist in the 1930s to 1950s.  She was  so famous that she was known as “The First Lady of Radio”. She started her journalism career as a part-time reporter for her hometown newspaper, the Paris Mercury, in Paris, Missouri, where she covered everything from baby contests…

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