Ain't I a Woman: Freedom fighters of American history

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Nerdette takes a trip back in time to get to know great lady nerds of history like opera singer Marian Anderson and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Hear a tapestry of voices recite Sojourner Truth's 1851 rousing call for equality. Plus a conversation with LGBT equality activists of today about the role of trans folk at Stonewall and beyond.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:16.0	I'm Tricia Bobita and from W be easy in Chicago this is
0:19.4	nerd at.
0:20.2	Coming up we'll talk with Jen Richards and Precious Davis about the history of transgender women in the fight for LGBT equality.
0:27.0	Whether it was Marsha, Sylvia, or anyone who threw the first bottle or brick, the fact is that we were part of that community altogether and we were
0:33.9	resisting together. We'll also look back at how an opera singer's high notes
0:37.5	shook millions of Americans into thinking about civil rights.
0:40.5	To sing for the governor and then to be segregated into your hotel room because there was no place
0:45.8	for you to eat, it was just weird.
0:48.2	Then, why Eleanor Roosevelt should be your favorite first lady ever.
0:51.4	But what about Abby Bartlett?
0:52.4	A bit desperate, Jed. Shut down the government just. favorite first lady ever. But what about Abby Bartlett?
0:52.8	A bit desperate, Jed.
0:53.9	Shutting down the government just to get me back here?
0:56.1	Apparently it worked.
0:57.2	You stand through the holidays?
0:58.4	Depends on how long it takes your damn government
1:00.4	to get back up and running. Well, favorite real first lady ever.
1:06.0	That's all right here on Nurdett. to break free. free. Feminist, a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.
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