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WMC Live #4: Lynn Povich, Gloria Feldt, Karen Lewis, Ellen Snortland. (Original Airdate 9/16/2012)

Robin discusses myths and spin from the right on why unions must be destroyed and why teachers are the enemy, and speaks with Ellen Snortland, women's and girls' self-defense advocate and author of the book Beauty Bites Beast; Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago teachers' union whose members will vote today on whether to end their strike; Lynn Povich, author of Good Girls Revolt, a former senior editor at Newsweek and one of the women who successfully sued Newsweek for gender discrimination in the 70s; and Gloria Feldt, women's leadership speaker, author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, and the former head of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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Guests
Ellen Snortland
Lawyer, teacher, media & book coach, author, women's self-defense advocate
Karen Lewis
President
Lynn Povich
Author, editor
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