Source: Sue Zschoche
Associate Professor, History Department Chair
RADIO
REPORT: 1 Wrap
1 Actuality
You have selected a report about women's history and the success of the women's movement. The wrap and sound bite follow in 3,2,1.
WRAP 1: A K-State expert on women's studies talks about who made the women's movement successful
TIME: 55 seconds
SUGGESTED INTRO: MOST OF US CAN'T REMEMBER A WORLD WHEN WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OWN PROPERTY OR VOTE. AN EXPERT IN WOMEN'S HISTORY AT K-STATE TALKS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS THAT MADE THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT SUCCESSFUL. LANICE THOMSON REPORTS. . .
WHEN WE THINK OF THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT, PEOPLE SUCH AS SUSAN B. ANTHONY OR ELIZABETH CADY STANTON CROSS OUR MIND. DR. SUE ZSCHOCHE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT K-STATE, SAYS ALTHOUGH THESE LEADERS WERE IMPORTANT TO WOMEN'S CAUSES, WE MUST REMEMBER THE AVERAGE WOMEN WHO HELPED BRING ABOUT CHANGES. ZSCHOCHE SAYS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACTIVISM, WE MUST NOT SEPARATE IT FROM THE DAY-TO-DAY EVENTS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE. ...
(Zschoche :24 "The greatest activism in history is the kind of stuff that people had the courage to do day by day, every day, pushing, pushing on opportunities, pushing on possibilities, trying to change the world a little bit of a time. That's mostly how change happens -- ordinary people living daily lives."
ZSCHOCHE SAYS THESE WOMEN WORKED HARD TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE, BUT MANY OF THEM NEVER SAW THOSE CHANGES IN THEIR LIFETIMES. INSTEAD THEY PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. LANICE THOMSON, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
ACTUALITY 1: A K-State expert on women's studies explains that many types of women made contributions to the women's movement.
TIME: 25 Seconds
The quest to gain legal, economic and social equality for women was not defined by just one event or just one or two people. Dr. Sue Zschoche, associate professor and chair of the history department at K-State, says change was brought on in the 19th and 20th century by many different kinds of women -- in all walks of life. This sound bite is 25 seconds and the out cue is "and whatnot."
(Zschoche :21 "Some were very religious, some were pretty outrageous for their time, some of them were wonderful public speakers, some of them never said a word in public. Some of them went door to door to collect money for the cause to do things like start things like women's schools and things like that. Some of them were wealthy in their own right. They came in all shapes and sizes. They also come in all kinds of colors and ethnicities and what not.")
Zschoche says numerous brave women throughout the years had the courage to be hopeful. She says many of them worked hard to bring about changes, but many of them never saw those changes in their own lifetime. She adds that the greatest activism in history has always been ordinary people pushing on opportunities and changing things a little bit at a time.