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Radio, Columns, & Interviews

A frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of the nation’s newspapers, Martha focuses on science, women’s history, medicine, politics and sports. She also is a frequent commentator for New England Public Radio, and has been featured on CNN, National Public Radio, and the BBC.

Radio Commentaries

Read Martha’s NEPR commentaries here

NPR – A Woman Who Dreamed of a Moonwalk

NPR – A Woman in the Hall Of Fame? Toni Stone Would Be Thrilled


Columns

The Washington Post – She would have been the first American woman in space. Congress held her back.

New York Times – Backtalk: Years Later, Maker of a Landmark Film Still Stands Up for Title IX

New York Times – Backtalk: It’s High Time for a Fair Shot

New York Times – Backtalk: Girls’ Group Gives Running Equal Time

SFGate – Working the graveyard shift with Emily Dickinson / Poetry does that, you know. It makes you a little crazy.

Hartford Courant – Richards: Much More Than A Sound Bite

Los Angeles Times – Losing Their Place in Space and in History

Atlanta Journal-Constitution – NASA’S Sexism Lost in Nostalgia Over Glenn Flight

Seattle PI – Women rose above NASA’s sexist attitude


Interviews

NPR – ‘The Mercury 13’: Training U.S. Women for Space

WNPR – The Final Frontier Or The Glass Ceiling: The Legacy Of Women In NASA

NPR – Female Baseball Legend Threw Ultimate Curveball

Chicago Tribune – Women aimed for the stars, hit glass ceiling

 
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