Copyright 2009 - St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU KWMU Commentaries are provided by St. Louis leaders in our community. en http://www.stlpublicradio.org/programs/commentaries/feed.xml St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU St. Louis Public Radio's Commentaries are provided by St. Louis leaders in our community. St. Louis certainly has an abundance of libraries. Some are architecturally significant. Others have quite a history, but most are keeping up with the times technologically and have wonderful educational opportunities and programs. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:00:00 CST http://www.stlpublicradio.org/programs/commentaries/commentary.php?cid=1355 St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU St. Louis certainly has an abundance of libraries. Some are architecturally significant. Others have quite a history, but most are keeping up with the times technologically and have wonderful educational opportunities and programs. 2:00 My mother, Adelaide Mahaffey Schlafly, was an unusual woman. When she was in her late thirties she decided to go to college. As the mother of three young children she most definitely did not match the profile of the typical undergraduate in the 1950s. Nevertheless, she enrolled at St. Louis University and graduated magna cum laude the month before her 41st birthday. Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:00:00 CST http://www.stlpublicradio.org/programs/commentaries/commentary.php?cid=1356 St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU My mother, Adelaide Mahaffey Schlafly, was an unusual woman. When she was in her late thirties she decided to go to college. As the mother of three young children she most definitely did not match the profile of the typical undergraduate in the 1950s. Nevertheless, she enrolled at St. Louis University and graduated magna cum laude the month before her 41st birthday. 2:00 There are a very few written records that refer to the underground railroad and its courageous “conductors.” Yet the Underground Railroad is one of the most persistent stories from our past, demonstrating the strength of memory and an enduring aura that courage maintains. In the early hours of a spring morning in 1855 several slaves made a dash for freedom. Led by Mary Meachum, a free woman of color, they boarded a skiff just above where the Merchants Bridge now spans the Mississippi. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:00:00 CST http://www.stlpublicradio.org/programs/commentaries/commentary.php?cid=1351 St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU There are a very few written records that refer to the underground railroad and its courageous “conductors.” Yet the Underground Railroad is one of the most persistent stories from our past, demonstrating the strength of memory and an enduring aura that courage maintains. In the early hours of a spring morning in 1855 several slaves made a dash for freedom. Led by Mary Meachum, a free woman of color, they boarded a skiff just above where the Merchants Bridge now spans the Mississippi. 2:00