Hillsborough campaigners, universal credit, hysteria
Margaret Aspinall and Jenni Hicks on the Hillsborough campaign for justice, plus universal credit, treatment of hysteria, and music from vocalist Kimbra. Presented by Jane Garvey.
Margaret Aspinall and Jenni Hicks talk to Jane about their campaign for justice on Hillsborough, universal credit and the critics who argue it could damage women's financial independence, why we're still fascinated by the notion of hysteria, and performance from female vocalist Kimbra.
Presented by Jane Garvey
Producer: Kirsty Starkey.
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Hillsborough mothers
Margaret Aspinall and Jenni Hicks both lost their children at that football match. As Chair and Deputy Chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group they join Jane to discuss.
Duration: 15:48
Hysteria
A new film Hysteria examines vibrators and hysteria in women. How common was intimate massage by doctors in the 19th century? The historian of sexuality Lesley Hall and Lisa Appignanesi discuss.
Duration: 09:45
Universal Credit
Some groups are worried that Universal Credit could remove financial independence from women, Fran Bennett, Women's budget Group and Dr Samantha Callan, Centre for Social Justice.
Duration: 09:50
Kimbra
Kimbra provided the female vocal on the haunting and chilly βSomeone That I Used to Knowβ by Gotye, which was number one in the UK for four weeks in March. She sings live from her new album βVowsβ.
Duration: 07:13
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- Mon 17 Sep 2012 10:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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