Women's Center - Western Illinois University

November 6, 2009

51%
51% 11/06/09 @ 12-12:30 p.m. 91.3 FM Tri States Public Radio. 51% takes a serious & intelligent look at society's impact on women & their impact on society. Topics: Women’s Sports; Finances; and more

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In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next 50 years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all. Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a radio program dedicated to that viewpoint.

Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.

Broadcast of 51% on WIUM 91.3 FM is underwritten by the Western Organization for Women (WOW).

Here is this week's information on 51% #1060

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BILLBOARD – Susan Barnett (1:15) (Music Out)

Girls' sports were an afterthought in most schools forty years ago. Softball and field hockey were the major outlets for girls who wanted to play team sports. But Title IX started a quiet revolution. Renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of one of its author's, Title IX didn't specifically mention athletics. It simply made it against the law for gender to exclude anyone from any educational program or activity that gets federal financial assistance. That meant schools had to make room for girls on the athletic fields. Dr. Donna Lopiano was a nine time all-American in softball and is in the National Sports Hall of Fame. But she's been named one of the most influential people in sports for her work as the CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. We sat down together recently to talk about the law that passed in 1972, but began to shake up the structure of school athletics three years later. Lopiano says its success is directly attributable to the fact that fathers were strong supporters of letting their daughters play school sports.

7:35 Lopiano

That's Dr. Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. She's now the president of Sports Management Resources...a consulting firm that connects former athletic directors with schools that need their expert advice. For more on Title IX and women's sports, go to the Women's Sports Foundation at womenssportsfoundation.org.

Coming up, if you think someone else can better understand the ins and outs of your finances, Manisha Thakor will explain why it's time to take control. There are five things you have to know - and she'll tell you why. And we'll introduce you to a California entrepreneur known as the Girl from Empanada.

If you missed part of our show, you can find us online at wamc.org or call 1-800-323-9262 to order a CD. This week's show is #1060. (10:53)

The recession has changed many of the rules of the financial game. Some experts say it's time to dump the 401K. Others say the stock market's still a good bet. How much should you save each month? Should you own a home? Will you be able to retire? Many women go to work, pay their bills and drift right on by some of the biggest financial questions. Personal finance expert Manisha Thakor explains why that's a mistake.

5:00 Thakor five reasons

For more from Manisha Thakor, check out her website at manishathakor.com.

And finally, this recession may have knocked many of us off our financial feet, but it's also proving to be an opportunity for some fearless entrepreneurs. Correspondent Robynn Takayama has a report from San Francisco on the Girl from Empanada.

5:08 Empanada

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That's it for this week.
If you'd like to get in touch, you can email me at sbarnett@wamc.org.
Thanks to Katie Britton and Glenn Busby for production assistance.
Our theme music is by Kevin Bartlett.
And thank you for listening. Join us again next week for 51% The Women's Perspective.
That's it for this edition of 51%
Thanks for listening. If you have any comments about today's program or ideas for future shows, please e-mail me at sbarnett@wamc.org.
For 51%, I'm Susan Barnett.

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Tune to 51% weekly throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.

Susan Barnett, producer and host of 51%, is an award winning veteran journalist whose career has included anchoring and producing television news, radio news, writing for magazines and authoring a weekly column for an online newspaper. She’s a published fiction writer and an aspiring hobo. She lives in Woodstock, NY.

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