Rae Alexandra and "Unsung Heroines," Part 1 (S8E14)

About this episode

Rae Alexandra discusses her book 'Unsung Heroines' and shares stories of influential women in the Bay Area.

Rae Alexandra has 35 stories to share with you, plus her own. In this Women's History Month episode, meet and get to know Rae. She recently published a book with City Lights Publishing called Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area . It's of course available at City Lights, but you can also find it at your local independent bookstore. I read the book and could not put it down. Only toward the end of the 35 essays did I start to recognize the women Rae features. I love history and I love learning and I have mixed feelings about the fact that there are so many rad women whose stories are untold. Thank you, Rae Alexandra, for shining on a light on these incredible women. These days, she's a staff writer at KQED. But Rae's story starts in Wales in the UK. She grew up in Cardiff, the capital of the country. (I learn in the conversation that Wales is a country. I also learn that "United Kingdom" and "Great Britain" are the same thing. Now, British vs. English we don't touch, for obvious reasons. But I digress …) Ed. note: I'll describe my conversation with Rae as two Gen Ex journalist types with ADHD (is that redundant?) doing their best to be linear. To me, the meanderings…

People in this episode

Guest: Rae Alexandra

Topics covered

• women's history
• biography
• cultural impact
• storytelling
• journalism

Keywords

• Rae Alexandra
• Unsung Heroines
• women's history
• Bay Area
• City Lights Publishing
• Cardiff
• journalism
• stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: City Lights Publishing

Places: Bay Area, Wales, Cardiff

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