Today we get to talking about words. We take a look at women writers of the past, including one from Wheeling. We also talk with Maribeth Thompson and C.J. Farnsworth - two Wheeling women who champion the power of the written, and spoken, word.
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Episode Sources:
“Julia Ward Howe | Archives of Women’s Political Communication.” Archives of Women’s Political Communication, https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/julia-ward-howe/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.
“Persephone Books | Twentieth Century Women Writers.” Persephone Books, https://persephonebooks.co.uk. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.
“Rebecca Harding Davis > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |.” Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |, https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/4889. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.
Zibrak, Arielle. “Seeing Both Sides of the Shield: On Rebecca Harding Davis | Los Angeles Review of Books.” Los Angeles Review of Books, 21 2018, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/seeing-both-sides-of-the-shield-on-rebecca-harding-davis/.