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The Best of the Book Nook: 'Feminism in the Heartland' by Judith Ezekiel

This history of feminism in the "heartland" is really the history of the feminist movement in the Dayton area a half century ago.

(Original recording made in 2002)

Judith Ezekiel is a Dayton native who conducted extensive interviews with some of the women who were key figures in the feminist movement in the Dayton region during the 1960's and 1970's. One of those women was the late Julia Reichert.

I went back into the archive to locate this interview and air it today, on May 6th, as Julia's memorial service will be held this afternoon on the campus of Antioch College. Judith Ezekiel has many memories of Julia. In her book and in this interview she described how Julia was a driving force in the movement and what the scene was like in Dayton 50 years ago. There were many people involved in the feminist movement in Dayton. Judith talked about a number of them and their roles. She described the media bias against feminism that prevailed in those days and recalled how WYSO was virtually the only media outlet in the region that treated the movement with respect.

The Book Nookon WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Librarywith additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years he has produced more than 1500 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities. Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them. Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun.