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For Women’s History Month (March 2019), 88.1 WVPE and Indiana University South Bend’s Women and Gender Studies program recognizes Michiana Women Making History.Dr. Barbara Williams, a South Bend physician and sociologist, conducted several interviews with notable women in the community and we’ll bring you samplings of those conversations throughout March on Thursday mornings at 8:45 and Thursday afternoons at 5:45.

Michiana Women Making History: Kathy Schneider

For Women’s History Month, 88.1 WVPE and Indiana University South Bend’s Women and Gender Studies program recognizes Michiana Women Making History.

Dr. Barbara Williams, a South Bend physician and sociologist, conducted several interviews with notable women in the community and we’re bringing you samplings of those conversations on Thursdays throughout March at 8:45 AM and 5:45 PM.

This week, we hear from Kathy Schneider, who has been Executive Director of St. Margaret’s House in South Bend since 1991. St. Margaret’s House is a day center in downtown South Bend that welcomes women and children who live in poverty. Kathy Schneider talks about why she believes the work of St. Margaret’s House is so important.

You can hear more of Kathy Schneider’s story and about the work of St. Margaret’s House in an extended conversation with Dr. Barbara Williams below.

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Kathy Schneider, Executive Director of St. Margaret's House in downtown South Bend, tells her story to Dr. Barbara Williams and talks about the work of the day center for women and children in poverty.

Tony became WVPE's program director in 2022, after working as operations manager since 2014. He also produces Michiana Chronicles and works on other special programming and digital projects. He joined the station as All Things Considered host in 1997, hosted Morning Edition in 2000 and 2001, then returned to the ATC host chair from 2007 to 2016. One of his Morning Edition newscasts earned WVPE a Best Radio Newscast Award from the Associated Press in 2002. An Iowa native, Tony got his start in radio as a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Harrisonburg, Va., and managed the radio station there for three years after graduating. He also worked in commercial and Christian radio prior to his time at WVPE. Tony lives in Goshen.
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