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The Boston Reproductive Justice Audiowalk

The Boston Reproductive Justice Audiowalk

Written by: Katie Batza
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The Boston Reproductive Justice Audiowalk is a work of historical scholarship, a call to arms, and a teaching tool about reproductive justice. Designed for tourists, students, and scholars, the 8 episodes included in this podcast each explore one stop on a 1.5 mile walking tour of downtown Boston. This podcast examines how we define reproductive justice and the pivotal role Boston has played in the history of it. Though best enjoyed by walking the trail along with the podcast (addresses and directions to sites are in each episode description), this podcast is also intended for wider audience, including those beyond Boston. Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Stop 1: Southern Steps of the Massachusetts State House
    Sep 8 2022

    How to use this tour: If walking, listeners should navigate themselves to the address in each episode title (directions for each stop appear in the episode description of the immediately preceding stop). Once you have arrived at the location associated with the episode, hit play for that location. If just listening, simply hit play for each episode. 

    The tour begins on the southern steps of the Massachusetts State House across Beacon Street from the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial Civil War Monument. (The nearest T Station is Park Street Station.)

    Directions to stop #2 (15 Beacon Street): From the State House steps, look out toward the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial Civil War Monument and the Boston Common, then turn left on Beacon Street. Continue forward, passing the intersections with Park Street and Bowdoin St. Stop at 15 Beacon Street on your left. If you find yourself at Somerset Street, you have missed stop 2.

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    6 mins
  • Stop 8: Copley Square
    Sep 8 2022

    I would like to thank undergraduate research assistants Jasmine Parmley and Italy O’Dell. Sound engineers Eleanor Hyde, Jeffrey Gardner, and John White. University librarians and scholars Rachel Guberman and Joan Ilacqua, the entire Staff of the Schlesinger Library, the Countway library, the Boston Public Library, the Northeastern University library, and dozens of individual activists and non-profits. Specifically, I would like to thank Judy Norsigian, Bill Baird, Jennifer Potter, Liz Coolidge, Marlene Fried, Brittany Charlton, and Sally Dean, whose interviews with me provided many of the voices you have heard on this tour. You also heard clips from the Dr. Phil Show at CBS, ABC news with Meredith Vieira, and WGBH Boston Public Television. Henry Schniederman made the podcast cover art. This project would not have been possible without the funding from the Mellon-Schlesinger Summer research fellowship, the Whiting Foundation Seed Grant, and the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. Last, but not, least, I would like to thank you for walking with me. 

    This is the end of the tour.  Thank you so much for joining us!

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    6 mins
  • Stop 7: 673 Boylston Street
    Sep 8 2022

    Directions to Stop 8 (Copley Square): Retrace your steps for about 450 feet to the corner of Dartmouth Street and Boylston Street. Copley Square sits at the Southeast corner of this intersection, nestled between the entrance of the Boston Public Central Library and Trinity Church. (The nearest T station is Copley Station.)

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    8 mins
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