Program 476: American Women's History Sites; Diana Nyad; Wilderness Healing

Celebrate 30 years of Women's History Month in the USA by visiting sites where women changed the nation's history, recommended by a former director of the National Museum of American History. Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad tells us how she set a world record swimming from Havana to Key West. And naturalist Gary Ferguson describes the fierce nature of the wilderness.

• Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Brent D. Glass, author of "50 Great American Places" (Simon and Schuster)
• Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad, author of "Find a Way" (Vintage)
• Naturalist Gary Ferguson, author of "The Carry Home" (Counterpoint)

• Brent D. Glass formerly headed the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and has written a road trip guide to a variety of significant American history sites in his book "50 Great American Places."
• The Women's Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls, New York is operated by the National Park Service.
• The Willa Cather Foundation operates her home and the unplowed prairie park in Red Cloud, Nebraska as an historic site.
• You can plan a visit to the historic Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

• Information about Diana Nyad's book "Find a Way" is on her website.
• CNN covered Diana's record-setting 2013 swim from Cuba to Florida.
• Diana writes in the Huffington Post about joining President Obama's entourage to Cuba in 2016.
• Diana Nyad gave a TED talk in 2011 about her previous incomplete attempts to swim across the Straight of Florida.
• Diana's latest project, Everwalk, is to encourage sedentary Americans to walk more often.

• Gary Ferguson has written 23 books on nature, science and culture, and is a member of the National Geographic Lecture Series. The Wildwords website summarizes Gary's works and speaking schedule.
• Gary wrote an editorial for the Los Angeles Times for the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.