Part 2 focuses on sex and women's rights. Many rights and freedoms enjoyed today by U.S. women (and their male friends) were won for them--not by feminists--but by 19th & early-20th century prostitutes & madams. These include the right to own property; to acquire wealth; to dance, smoke, and drink in public; to wear attractive clothing; to give or receive oral sex; to have interracial intimacy; and to use contraceptives.
A rollicking good story, well-told by Thaddeus Russell.
Thaddeus Russell is author of A Renegade History of the United States (Free Press, 2010).
Russells talk was recorded by Todd Boyle and broadcast on "Mind Over Matters" by Mike McCormick (www.talkingsticktv.org). I have condensed the talk a little and divided it into two parts.
Previously broadcast by NWN (as #162) in April 2011.
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You can download this installment also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The Program Information page at archive.org (for NWN #161) is here: https://archive.org/details/NewWorldNotes162-Renegadespart2 . From there you can download the program in MP3 and other formats. The page also has a player for online listening.
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