First rape crisis centres in the US

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

1972 was a time of feminist action in the US. People were talking more openly about rape and sharing their experiences. It led to rape crisis centres being set up, which offered support for women. Activist Sue Lenaerts taught women self-defence and worked on the helpline at the first centre in the capital, Washington DC. She’s been speaking to Laura Jones. (Photo: Sue Lenaerts in the early 1970s. Credit: Sue Lenaerts)

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0:21.9	Find out more at the end of this podcast.
0:24.1	Thanks for downloading the witness history podcast
0:31.8	from the BBC World Service with me, Laura Jones.
0:35.5	In the United States of America in 1972,
0:38.8	speaking out about rape for many women felt impossible,
0:42.8	Sue Leonard's was an activist determined to change that.
0:48.0	Were we scared to go out by ourselves?
0:50.0	Yes.
0:51.4	Was every one of us pretty much
0:53.6	attacked by a guy at some point?
0:55.4	Yes.
0:56.9	Did we ever talk about it?
0:59.5	No.
1:02.4	In the late 1960s, protests were big in the United States.
1:06.8	It's a time of action against the Vietnam War
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