In this episode of Through The Eyes of Women , Sherry Glaser reminisces on decades writing and performing and championing things like cannabis, breasts, peace and mental health. Glaser’s new book, The First Practical Handbook For Crazy People: Making The Best of Mental Illness, is a collaboration with her late mother.

What happens when a family physician asks "Where's the biggest need?" Dr. Wendy Ring talks to Corinne Frugoni about puppetry, climate change, and local health issues.

"You use the gifts that you've been given, in the place where you are," says Melanie DeMore . "For me, that's how you become an activist." DeMore, a founding member of Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir is giving a free concert at the Kate Buchanan Room Saturday at 7pm. DeMore talks to Lorna Bryant about 'leading with love', confronting fear, and musical pounding sticks.

Historian Jan Mackell Collins has written several books plus literally thousands of articles on the history of the West, with a special attention for the women and prostitutes that helped shape the modern America we know. In books like “The Wild Women of Prescott Arizona,” and “The Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County (Colorado),” Jan MacKell Collins busts the technicolor movie image of the loud and proud town prostitute bustling about town saloons. Most of these women had a difficult job that was

Eleanor Roosevelt was a reluctant president’s wife. A.P. journalist Lorena Hickok helped her by becoming a confidante, supporter and amorous partner. Author Susan Quinn talks about her research, going through hundreds of pictures and stories and thousands of love letters. She portrays a juicy tale of a long lasting relationship for the ages.

2016 Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein lives and breathes the Green Party Platform for People, Planet and Peace Over Profit. Dr. Stein graduated from Harvard Medical School and spent almost 25 years as a physician and researcher before transitioning into politics and social activism. Jill Stein spoke with KHSU's Corinne Frugoni this week, ahead of Dr. Stein's March 8th lecture on the Humboldt State campus. https://khsuwomen.wordpress.com/

The first annual 02F Festival is kicking off March 2nd in the Creamery District. This festival’s aim is to celebrate creative women in our community. The theme of this year’s festival is Zero to Fierce : an opportunity to discover, inspire, and create.

According to Dr. Victoria Sweet, “In the last 20 years, in the interest of efficiency, the time doctors spend with patients has been cut down to the bone." In God’s Hotel: a Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine Victoria Sweet raises fundamental questions about the current practice of medicine based on her observations and work for twenty years at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco, the last almshouse in this country.

Breastfeeding should come naturally and easily. That’s what many new moms think when they first put their newborn to their breast.

Her life was a dramatic roller-coaster of triumphant highs and devastating lows: the suicide of her husband, her feud with Johnny Carson, her estrangement from her daughter, her many plastic surgeries, her ferocious ambition and her massive insecurities. But Rivers’ career was also hugely significant in American cultural history, breaking down barriers for her gender and pushing the boundaries of truth-telling for women in public life.