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Your Call: Rad women worldwide

Writer Kate Schatz (left) and Illustrator Miriam Klein Stahl (right)

On the September 22nd edition of Your Call, we’re discussing Rad Women Worldwide: Artists, Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History.

The latest book from the authors of the bestselling Rad American Women A-Z profiles 40 women from 31 countries. Rad Women Worldwide features an array of lively stories and each biography is paired with vibrant paper-cut illustrations.

Which rad women have inspired you? Tweet your questions and comments to @yourcallradio and join us live at 10am with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Kate Schatz, author of the Rad American Women A-Z and its sequel Rad Women Worldwide

Miriam Klein Stahl, illustrator of Rad American Women A-Z and Rad Women Worldwide

Web Resources:

Rad Women Worldwide

Global Education Monitoring Report: Gender bias is rife in textbooks

Education for All Global Monitoring Report: Eliminating gender bias in textbooks: Pushing for policy reforms that promote gender equity in education

NPR: See Priya Cook: Gender Bias Pervades Textbooks Worldwide

Slate: Is History Written About Men, by Men?

Events:

9/27/16 Laurel Bookstore

6:00 PM

East Bay Launch, Reading & Book Signing

Oakland, CA

9/29/16 Berkeley High School

6:30-8:30PM

Reading with Chinaka Hodge, Berkeley High School alum and author of Dated Emcees

Berkeley, CA

9/30/16 Green Apple Books on the Park

7:30 PM

SF Launch, Reading & Book Signing

San Francisco, CA

10/01/16 Hicklebee's

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Reading & Book Signing

San Jose, CA

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.