Exhibit Featuring Prominent Utah Women Touring The State
The exhibit “Utah Women Making History” recently left the Hyrum museum in northern Utah. The exhibit--which highlights influential women from state hi...
Utah Women 20/20
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Utah Women 20/20 is a UPR original series exploring the unique challenges and opportunities facing women in Utah today. We’ll explore gender parity, the #MeToo movement, elections, and much more. This series will air on Utah Public Radio during NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered and UPR’s Access Utah, throughout fall 2018. Support for Utah Women 20/20 is provided in part by our members and: The Utah Women’s Giving Circle , a grassroots community with everyday philanthropists raising the questions and raising the funds to empower Utah women and girls. Information available here. And the Utah State University’s Center for Women and Gender , providing a professional and social climate to enhance opportunities through learning, discovery, and engagement. Information available here.
Utah Women 20/20: The Women's Wave On Thursday's Access Utah
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Utah Women 20/20: Utah Women In Leadership & Higher Education On Monday's Access Utah
Utah Valley University professor Susan Madsen has been focusing for several years now on helping more women graduate from college and helping more gir...
Utah Women 20/20: Women University And College Presidents On Monday's Access Utah
This is a unique moment for Utah. Five colleges and universities in the state now have women presidents, several for the first time. These institution...
Utah Women 20/20: A Grassroots Approach To Mother's Wellness
It happens every day – in a hospital, in a car, at home – babies are born. Almost 4 million babies were born in 2016 in the U.S., that’s nearly 11,000...
In Her Own Words: World War One Heroine Maud Fitch
As part of UPR’s Women 20/20 series, we applaud the women of Utah who have chipped away at barriers to jobs previously done only by men.
Utah Women 20/20: New Curriculum Highlights Utah Suffragists
In 1920, the 19th Amendment extended voting rights to women. As the 100th anniversary of the amendment approaches, one organization is creating classr...
Utah Women 20/20: Women Running For Office On Wednesday's Access Utah
Record numbers of women are running for office and engaged in the political process this year. We’ll ask why? And is this temporary or a lasting trend...
Utah Women 20/20: Alternative Education For Female Independence
So you’re driving down I-15, casually looking around at the terrain, the other cars, other drivers. You glance inside the cab of the semi-truck you’re...
Utah Women 20/20: Scientifically Unsound, How We Exclude Women From Science
Can you name a famous woman scientist? Can you name two?