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 has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, ESPN, National Public Radio, and the BBC.

Radio Commentaries

“Dolly Parton And Her Vaccine: Showing Us Once Again She ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Fool’

NPR – A Woman Who Dreamed of a Moonwalk

NEPM – ‘You can do better’: How Pat Summitt exemplified why Title IX matters


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

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

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

Seattle PI – Women rose above NASA’s sexist attitude

The Atlantic – What Emily Dickinson Left Behind

Literary Hub – The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson’s Life

Literary Hub – A Glimpse Inside the Best Summer of Emily Dickinson’s Life

Female First – Seven things I’d like my readers to know about me

The Paris Review – Emily Dickinson’s White Dress


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

The National Book Review – Q and A: Martha Ackmann Talks Emily Dickinson, Writing in a Cabin, and More