Remembering the Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center

Dr. Beth Widmaier Capo discusses the Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center and the role health practitioners there—including her mother—played in empowering women to understand their bodies and take control of their health in the 1970s. Capo is the Edward Capps Professor of Humanities and Professor of English at Illinois College, and author of the article, “The Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center; Or, on Hearing Your Mom Described as ‘The Fucking Bravest Bitch I Knew.’” Related Resources: “The Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center; Or, on Hearing Your Mom Described as ‘The Fucking Bravest Bitch I Knew.’” Related Collections: Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center Episode Credits Interviewee: Beth Widmaier Capo Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English Music: Bart Bealmear

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Remembering the Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center is an episode from Tales from the Reuther Library by Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University.

This episode is 33:57 long.

This episode was published on Oct 30, 2025.

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