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Audio Memoirs
Woman with headphonesOur audio memoirs are taken from existing video and audio tapes of CWLU related activities. In the future we hope to record more interviews of CWLU members and friends to add to this collection.

We invite anyone who was involved with the Chicago Women's Liberation to record your memoirs on tape or digital recorder and submit it to us for the website. Please contact us if you are interested.

To listen to the audio memoirs, you will need Quicktime You may download Quicktime HERE

Please Note: We are having technical difficulties with some of our audio clips. We will be reviewing the problem starting the evening of March 3 and hope to have it cleared up ASAP. Until we do, please be patient....

 



A Monolog by Naomi Weisstein Print E-mail
Besides being a scientist, rock musician and gifted spokeswoman for feminism, former CWLUer Naomi Weisstein was also a gifted standup comic as this audio clip demonstrates. Please Note: Strong Language
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Interview with Naomi Weisstein Print E-mail
This 25 minute interview was conducted by VH1 (the music video channel) in December of 1999 for a segment that was never aired. We captured the audio from a VHS copy donated by Naomi Weisstein. She founded the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band. Find out more about the Rock Band in our Gallery section.
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Jane Speaks Print E-mail
In this 4 1/2 minute audio clip the volunteers of the Abortion Counseling Service(aka "Jane"), tell why they began to do the abortions themselves. 
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From Women Who Broke the Silence

You glorify the women who made their way to the front to reach you in your misery, and nurse you back to life. You called us angels. Who opened the way for women to go and make it possible?... For every woman’s hand that ever cooled your fevered brows, staunched your bleeding wounds, gave food to your famished bodies, or water to your parching lips, and called back life to your perishing bodies, you should bless God for Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances D. Gage and their followers.

Clara Barton