cultural historian
Cultural historian, writer and teacher; co-editor of the anthology When We Were Free to Be: Looking Back at a Children's Classic and the Difference It Made
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Lori Rotskoff
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Free to Be You and Me If you were a child in the 1970's, you probably remember the TV special Free to Be You and Me that aired 40 years ago this month. The show was one part of a multi-media project that also included a record and a book . Free to Be was the brainchild of actress Marlo Thomas, and its goal was to encourage kids to defy gender stereotypes, which was fairly radical for 1972.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Free to Be... You and Me If you were a child in the 1970’s, you might remember the TV special Free To Be... You and Me that aired 40 years ago this month. The show was one part of a multi-media project that also included a record and a book. Free To Be was the brainchild of actress Marlo Thomas, and its goal was to encourage kids to defy gender stereotypes, which was fairly radical for 1972.
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