Everywoman Space 2/6/77 - Irene Yarrow Speaks with Louise Risken about Shopping Bag Women

Bag ladies

Homeless women

Mental health

Older women

Poverty

In this episode of Everywomanspace, host, Irene Yarrow, speaks with Louise Risken about the lives of "shopping bag women" (unhoused women) in New York City. They play a short selection of recorded interviews between Risken and these women then take calls from listeners.

WBAI Radio

1977-02-06

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Everywomanspace

Louise Risken

Irene Yarrow

Audio cassette

1:04:23

Side A: SPW1883_SideA_20250923_Transcript.docx
Side B: SPW1883_SideB_20250923_Transcript.docx