Tag: Girls
Brownies and Sushi
Today, Lola Haskins is remembering being a Brownie.
The Explanatoids
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Explanatoids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/18/2005 The Explanatoids Transcript You can see one part of the legacy of Fred Rodgers — Mr. Rogers to millions of us — literally on the streets and in the parks and playgrounds of his home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And it’s a legacy […]
Women and Video Games
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Women-and-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/14/2004 Women and Video Games Transcript This month Austin, Texas, hosted the First National Women’s Game Conference. The conference, which ran September 9th-10th concurrently with the Austin Game Convention, will bring together game designers, artists, academics, and other video game specialists to explore ways […]
American Schoolgirl Samplers
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/American-Schoolgirl-Samplers.mp3
Girls Rule
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Girls-Rule.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 6/17/2003 Girls Rule Transcript There’s a growing trend toward evermore powerful female characters appearing in cartoons like “The Powerpuff Girls”; in books like Artemis Fowl, in which a hi-tech, sci-fi female fairy crime-buster saves the day; and in comic books, like CrossGen’s Emma Bishop, the teenage […]
Girls Video Games
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Girls-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/26/2002 Girls Video Games Transcript With the shopping season upon us, you may be looking for good gifts that promise great fun. Despite the negative press that it receives, the world of video games nevertheless offers something truly (and positively) entertaining for children, from […]
Girls Rights Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/For-Girls-Rights-Week-girlsincorg.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 5/15/2002 Girls Rights Week Transcript There’s a web site out there that every girl who’s listening should know about: www.girlsinc.org. This is the home on the internet of Girls Incorporated, a non-profit organization that began in the 1860s to help girls […]
Women of Worth
If Women's History Month were to have been celebrated in the 1800s, it would probably have focused most of its attention on women's accomplishments in the home, as Rita Smith explains.
Born to be a Cowgirl
Shelley Fraser Mickle is here with us today, remembering an important, and early, career choice.
National Etiquette Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Manners-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/14/2001 National Etiquette Week Transcript How to Be a Lady was written in 1854 and is broader than just an etiquette book since it includes advice on a wide variety of topics. It was written by Harvey Newcomb, who intended it for girls between […]