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🗓️ 24 March 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:05.4 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's R from BBC Radio 4. |
0:09.9 | There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other. |
0:13.9 | The famous words of the history maker, Madeline Allbright, |
0:17.2 | of course the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in America, |
0:20.4 | has died aged 84. |
0:22.5 | Today you all hear her voice from the Woman's R archive |
0:25.6 | and also from an interview I conducted with her in May 2020 |
0:29.6 | just at the start of the pandemic, |
0:31.5 | where she was at pains to say, |
0:33.1 | do not write off older people, |
0:35.4 | especially during lockdowns around the world. |
0:38.0 | She also in that conversation demonstrated her excellent turn of phrase, |
0:41.7 | saying she thought there was no way not to have guilt as your middle name as a woman |
0:45.8 | and opened up about why her husband leaving her for another woman |
0:49.5 | kickstarted her career and quest for independence. |
0:52.7 | In fact, she said she got her first proper job at 39. |
0:56.0 | And yes, by 59, she was making history as the first woman. |
0:59.5 | She was at the moment to serve as U.S. Secretary of State. |
1:01.9 | But going back to those words there's a special place in hell |
1:04.7 | for women who don't help each other. |
1:07.2 | Who are the women who have helped you? |
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