THE BRAIN
THE BRAIN
THE BRAIN
VICTORIA FOE was a fish out of water at her Texas dorm; she clashed with her rich, southern roommates who pursued their M. R.S. degrees and were first in line at the stewardess auditions on campus. Victoria wanted to become a famous scientist. A brilliant Molecular Biology Ph.D. student, she struggled to get an advisor; her professor told
VICTORIA FOE was a fish out of water at her Texas dorm; she clashed with her rich, southern roommates who pursued their M. R.S. degrees and were first in line at the stewardess auditions on campus. Victoria wanted to become a famous scientist. A brilliant Molecular Biology Ph.D. student, she struggled to get an advisor; her professor told her flat out, “There is no point in educating women; they will get married, or they will get pregnant, and it’s a complete waste of time and resources." The sting of discrimination set Victoria on the path of activism for women’s rights.
THE HEART
THE BRAIN
THE BRAIN
BARBARA HINES, a tiny figure with a mass of brunette curls, talked a blue streak. With parents who immigrated from Berlin and landed in Brownsville, Texas, Barbara was raised with liberal attitudes. Afraid she’d be “small-town minded,” her parents sent her to Mexico City for school at seventeen. Her junior year at University of Texas Aust
BARBARA HINES, a tiny figure with a mass of brunette curls, talked a blue streak. With parents who immigrated from Berlin and landed in Brownsville, Texas, Barbara was raised with liberal attitudes. Afraid she’d be “small-town minded,” her parents sent her to Mexico City for school at seventeen. Her junior year at University of Texas Austin, she went to Spain, hitchhiked to Istanbul, and returned to college with a radical Peruvian boyfriend and strong anti-war beliefs. She couldn’t wait to raise hell: Barbara was on the path of activism for women’s rights.
THE NERVE
THE BRAIN
THE NERVE
JUDY SMITH had a full scholarship to Brandeis University, where she majored in chemistry and led the women’s basketball team to an undefeated season her senior year. She spent a year in the Peace Corps in Nigeria before being airlifted out because of the outbreak of a Nigerian civil war. A chemistry professor refused to give her a recomme
JUDY SMITH had a full scholarship to Brandeis University, where she majored in chemistry and led the women’s basketball team to an undefeated season her senior year. She spent a year in the Peace Corps in Nigeria before being airlifted out because of the outbreak of a Nigerian civil war. A chemistry professor refused to give her a recommendation for a P.h.D program in Molecular Biology at UT Austin because, he said, “I don’t believe in giving recommendations to women.” That sting of discrimination also set Judy on the path of activism for women’s rights.
Other KEY interview subjects of "lone star brave"...
LINDA LEWIS
MARTHA P. COTERA
GLO DEAN BAKER
Studying, living, and protesting at the University of Texas at Austin and the radio station 88.7 KAZI in 1968.
GLO DEAN BAKER
MARTHA P. COTERA
GLO DEAN BAKER
Playwright, director, and producer of works on black women. Founder of the African American Players in Austin, 1968
MARTHA P. COTERA
MARTHA P. COTERA
MARTHA P. COTERA
Librarian, writer, and influential activist of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and Chicana Feminist movement of the '60s & '70s.
ALICE EMBREE
The fourth Musketeer of the LONE STAR BRAVE trio, Alice Embree grew up in segregated Austin and fought to integrate the University of Texas. A fierce anti-war activist, she participated in a vigil in front of President Lyndon Johnson’s ranch in 1965, as well as a massive protest after the shootings at Kent State in 1970. Embree’s activism brought her and the Students for a Democratic Society into conflict with Frank Erwin, the powerful chairman of the UT Board of Regents, and inspired a campus-wide, free-speech movement. In LONE STAR BRAVE, she discusses the roots of the women’s liberation movement in Austin and the audacious women’s community that challenged gender roles, fought for reproductive justice, and inspired a lifetime of activism.
MEET OUR "LONE STAR BRAVE" HOST...
Aftyn Behn
A licensed social worker and Tennessee native, Aftyn is a fearless and tenacious civic leader who has spent her career fighting injustice and defending democracy. Now she is running for the Nashville State House —a delegation made up entirely of men — as the Democratic nominee. Watch her campaign video here.
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