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A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.

A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.

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A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.

A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. A CALL TO ARMS.

photo credit: Alan Pogue

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Heroes. badasses. fbi targets. college students.

Victoria Foe, Judy Smith, and Barbara Hines were college "co-eds" when they started a campus Birth Control Center at the University of Texas. They created a network for women to get safe abortions while under the threat of the FBI, being sued by UT, losing their PhDs, and ultimately initiating the lawsuit that became Roe v. Wade.  LONE STAR BRAVE is their story.


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HOSTED BY Aftyn Behn, CANDIDATE FOR TENNESSEE STATE HOUSE

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. 

IN ORDER TO FIGHT THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS WON.

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.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.


Margaret Mead

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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OUR TEAM: Susie brubaker darlene caamano loquet elissa marshall wendy richardson


A MIGHTY FORCE PRODUCTION

Because we are back where our Lone Star Three started...

This LONE STAR BRAVE podcast will explore never before heard interviews of pre–Roe v. Wade activists, including two of the Lone Star Three as well as Chicana and African American activists. By painting a picture of life before Roe, we are highlighting what's at stake if we don't fight after its overturning. 


Millennials and Gen Z grew up with reproductive rights — they have never known a world without the freedom to choose what happens to their bodies. We'll shine a light on the energized and passionate base of young activists and their modern weapon: social media. We'll explore this new outlet for the reproductive rights fight.


To quote a Gen Zer: 

"It's like Handmaid's Tale for real, y'all!"


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