In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in
the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or
locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a
backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on
the "women's pages." But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public
Radio came along in the 1970s, and the door to serious journalism opened a
crack, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges. Though
their early paths differed, they joined forces at NPR, overqualified and
underpaid due to the widespread gender discrimination of the day. The quartet
banded together (their area of the newsroom was nicknamed the "Fallopian
Jungle") to push for change for women and minorities. Not only did these female
journalists break glass ceilings, they made a lasting mark on NPR during the
network's formative years. Purpose: Discussion panel on the Founding Mothers of NPR and
how they changed the face of journalism Facilitators: Mary Tousignant, Mo Winograd, Jan Johnson (Guest
Presenter – Shadow Wood), Ruthmarie Mitsch (Guest Presenter – Lighthouse Bay)
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