Women and Conservation, Linda Hazzard and her fasting cure, Women's attitudes to Brexit
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We explore what women think about Brexit and how it might affect the way they vote in another possible referendum and in an expected general election.
Near the beginning of the 20th century 'Dr' Linda Hazzard ran a sanatorium in Washington state, USA where she encouraged her patients to fast for months on end. Some of her patients sang her praises but many died of starvation under her care. Now the subject of a play, we explore her curious life and her search for a 'perfect cure'.
Many of the organisations in charge of protecting the UK countryside are led by women. A coincidence or are women bringing anything different to the table?
There is a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters. The images of the Pre-Raphaelite painting - all sumptuous locks and languid poses - might be what we think of but their stories as artists, managers and artistic partners have been erased. Today we consider Joanna Boyce Well.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Interviewed guest: Dr Michelle Harrison Interviewed guest: Dr Rosie Shorrocks Interviewed guest: Kate Valentine Interviewed guest: Kate Barton Interviewed guest: Marian Spain Interviewed guest: Beccy Speight Interviewed guest: Minette Batters Interviewed guest: Dr Jan Marsh Interviewed guest: Dr Alison Smith Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | This is the Woman's Our Podcast. |
| 0:07.4 | Hi, good morning. Welcome to the programme. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, why are there so many women CEOs, women effectively in charge of environmental |
| 0:15.3 | groups? |
| 0:16.3 | A whole range we're featuring today, the NFU, Natural England and the Royal Society |
| 0:21.6 | for the Protection of Birds, all have women at the very top. |
| 0:24.9 | Why is that? |
| 0:25.9 | And is this a world that actually invites women at the very top of organisations? |
| 0:31.6 | We'll also discuss fasting today. |
| 0:33.9 | It's quite a topical thing because it is now one of those health things that people seem |
| 0:38.2 | to be really into, but it's not new remotely and today we'll discuss a so-called doctor, |
| 0:44.4 | Linda Hazard, who encouraged her patients to fast in the early part of the 20th century. |
| 0:51.0 | It has to be said, it didn't always end well and she's now the subject of a new play. |
| 0:55.9 | And we've got more on the pre-Raphaelite sisters. |
| 0:58.6 | Today, we focus on the artist Joanna Boyce Wells. |
| 1:02.4 | That's all later in this programme. |
| 1:05.0 | First of all, the journalist and writer Deborah Orr died at the weekend and she was just 57. |
| 1:10.9 | There have been many tributes to her from friends and colleagues, referencing her kindness, |
| 1:15.2 | her generosity and her gift for friendship. |
| 1:18.4 | As a writer, you might well know that she employed a Serbic withering brilliance |
| 1:22.8 | to a tremendous effect. |
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