The Lady Liberty Radio Series on 21st Century Radio®
21st Century Radio® with Drs. Bob and Zohara Hieronimus has been on the air since 1988, featuring interviews with a wide variety of guests on unusual topics and social justice themes.
The Lady Liberty Radio Series on 21st Century Radio described on this page is a collection of about two dozen interviews with the experts we researched for the book project, The Secret Life of Lady Liberty (available on Amazon.com), featuring guests on goddess history, Native American culture, art history, the suffragists and women’s rights. We present these interviews here in downloadable podcast form, available in their entirety.
Subscribe to the podcast or download the mp3s individually below.
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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, HarperOne, 1988 |
The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, Berrett-Koehler, 2008 |


“An Appreciation of Thomas Crawford’s Statue of Freedom: A Statue Called America, Pocahontas Liberty, and Freedom” published in The Capitol Dome, Fall 2007.
Plus custom-made jewelry to nourish the heart and soul at www.CulturalImages.net.

“Goddess of Freedom: from Libertas to Lady Liberty”, the Lady Liberty League, and the Circle Sanctuary – protecting nature-based religions from persecution


Liberties with Liberty: The Fascinating History of America’s Proudest Symbol, Museum of American Folk Art, 1986

Goddess Scholar and Historian, Restoring Women to Cultural Memory through the Suppressed Histories Archives
http://www.SuppressedHistories.net
Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives | Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World | Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet |
Support the United Nations sponsored Fifth World Conference on Women: www.5WCW.org

Art & Empire: Politics Of Ethnicity In U.S. Capitol 1815-1860 (Perspective On Art & Architect), Ohio University Press, 2001

The Cult of the Black Virgin, Penguin Books, 1985; rev. ed., 1996
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Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, Ballantine Books, 1989 | The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire, Broadway, 2011 |


Librarian and Historian at the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Immigration Museum and author of:
The Statue of Liberty (Images of America), Arcadia Publishing, 2004.
The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia, New Line Books, 2005.
Ellis Island’s Famous Immigrants (Images of America: New Jersey), Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
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The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology (S U N Y Series in Religious Studies), State University of New York Press, 2005 | Native North American Religious Traditions: Dancing for Life, Praeger, 2006 | Through the Earth Darkly: Female Spirituality in Comparative Perspective (with co-authors: Elizabeth Aijin-Tettey, Louise Backman, Jacqui Lavalley, Marilyn Nefsky, Li Chuang Paper, Johanna Stuckey), Continuum Intl Pub Group, 1997 |
Curator Emeritas in Political History at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on “Motherhood, Social Service, and Political Reform: Political Culture and Imagery of American Woman Suffrage”
Watch this film for a good primer on the heroic and real women who succeeded in passing the 19th Amendment to the Constitution:“Iron Jawed Angels” starring Hilary Swank.

Hermetic Traditions regarding the Divine Feminine and Goddesses in America.

Land and Spirit in Native America, Praeger, 2012
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The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation, Bradford Books, 1999 (Editor) | Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis (Dahlem Workshop Reports) (Editor), The MIT Press, 2005 |
Pioneering work in the role of hormones oxytocin and vasopressin in social bonding, parental behavior, stress and reproduction, as well as the consequences of medical manipulations for human development and parent-child interactions, including induced labor and breast feeding. Also, the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in mental disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression.
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Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels, Viking, 2012 | The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics, Vintage, 1996 | Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity, Vintage, 1989 | The Gnostic Gospels, Vintage Books, 1989 |

The psychology behind the fear of the goddess, the scapegoating of the Freemasons, and the errors in the various conspiracy accusations about both. Author of Freemasonry: An Introduction, Tarcher, 2011, and the forthcoming book, Mormons: Who They Are, How They Think, What They Believe, and Why They Succeed.
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Sisters in Spirit: Iroquois Influence on Early Feminists, Book Publishing Company, 2001 | A Time of Protest: Suffragists Challenge the Republic, Sky Carrier Press, 1998 | Woman Church and State (Classics in Women’s Studies) by Matilda Joslyn Gage, (foreward by Sally Roesch Wagner), Humanity Books, 2001 |
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Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois, Clear Light Publications, 2010 | Iroquois Culture & Commentary, Clear Light Publications, 2000 | Iroquois on Fire: A Voice from the Mohawk Nation, University of Nebraska Press, 2008 |
http://www.ClearLightBooks.com
PLUS the Grammy-award winning music of Joanne Shenandoah, who has performed and recorded with Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Judy Collins, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Charles, Bill Miller, Joan Baez, Emmy Lou Harris, and scores more!

The Core of Fire: A Path to Yoruba Spiritual Activism, Athelia Henrietta PR, 2003