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Women’s History Month

  • “He said to me, 'I will make sure every day is a living hell for you.'”

    Tia Smallwood tells her daughter, Christine, about becoming a business woman in the 1970s.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I got to find a job I can do for thirty years in this place.”

    Dorothy Glinton tells her son, Sonari, about becoming a manager at Ford Motor Plant in Chicago.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL

  • “I said, 'Is this going to actually be me?'”

    Nzingha Masani tells her friend, Noah Hairston, about receiving her name at an African naming ceremony.

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    Recorded in Detroit, MI

  • “One of the cops said, 'Oh, you think you can do better?'”

    Phyllis Johnson tells her friend Danny Perasa about how she went from Police Department clerk to beat cop.

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    Recorded in New York, NY