Season 1, Episode 3 - More than Vectors of Disease: Feminist Activism in the Early AIDS Crisis

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In this episode of The Other Streets of Philadelphia: The Early AIDS Crisis in the City of Brotherly Love, we examine the oral history of Anna Forbes, a feminist AIDS activist in Philadelphia, and call on a number of experts on AIDS history. In the early stages of the AIDS pandemic, women were generally excluded from all things AIDS-related: in medical studies, in activist efforts, in the ease of accessing services, and even in the definition of those AIDS affected. However, Anna Forbes and many other women were also expected to be the glue holding communities together in the wake of the pandemic by caretaking and educating. How did women fight to contribute in the ways they desired during the AIDS pandemic in Philadelphia despite facing various forms of exclusion?

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