Episode 110: Women Make History: Maggie Kuhn and the Gray Panthers

Into the Fold: Issues in Mental Health

In recognition of Women’s History Month, we are reaching into our archives to share a conversation between two history makers: Bert Kruger Smith and Maggie Kuhn. In this 1979 episode of The Human Condition, a radio series produced by the Hogg Foundation that ran from 1971 to 1983 on KUT, the show’s host Bert Kruger Smith interviews Maggie Kuhn, an American activist who founded the Gray Panthers movement in 1970. Their conversation puts at center stage the agency and creativity of older people, and addresses the challenges of organizing and mobilizing a specific community for the sake of doing effective advocacy — challenges that still ring true over forty years later.   Related links: Episode 33: Nightmare at Noon: The UT Tower Shooting https://hogg.utexas.edu/nightmare-at-noon-the-ut-tower-shooting Episode 54: Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-self-advocacy-idd Episode 76: From the Archives: Dr. Kenneth Clark on Racism and Child Well-Being https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-dr-kenneth-clark-on-racism-and-child-well-being Episode 77: Consumer Voice: Its Role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice Episode 94: From the Archive: Efua Sutherland on Theatre, Literature and Self-rediscovery https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-from-the-archive-efua-sutherland