A talk in honor of Frances Crowe

Award-winning independent journalist and host of the daily news program Democracy Now! Amy Goodman will give a talk in honor of Frances Crowe on her 100th birthday.

Frances brought the radio news program, Democracy Now!, to the Northampton area.  When the local public radio station declined to carry Amy Goodman´s show, she bought a transmitter, had a friend download the programs from the internet, and broadcast them herself — illegally — to area listeners. To put pressure on the local stations, Crowe started a fundraising drive in parallel to the public radio’s own effort. By the time she had raised $40,000 dollars, the local stations agreed to talk.

Sponsored by Smith College’s Special Collections, Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History, which holds Frances’ papers.