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Woman's Hour: Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan; Women and Art; Music from First Aid Kit

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Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan; Women and Art; Music from First Aid Kit

15/05/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan; Women and Art; Music from First Aid Kit

Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan; Women and Art; and music from First Aid Kit.

With Jenni Murray. Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan; women and art; the suffragette story through the character of Sally Heathcote; and live music from First Aid Kit.

Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan is the fourth woman to hold the top job. She talks to Jenni Murray about seeing her first launch, aged four; her research on the geology of Venus and Mars and growing lettuces in space!.

Award winning authors Mary and Bryan Talbot talk about their latest collaboration, "Sally Heathcote: Suffragette" which tells the story of the suffragette movement through the eyes of fictional character Sally.

The Kenyan parliament has passed a new Marriage Act, now couples will have to be 18 to marry, a wife is entitled to 50% of the property acquired during the marriage should the couple divorce and, for the first time, polygamy is now recognised legal marriage. So what effect will it have on women and children in Kenya?

The Story of Women and Art is a BBC 2 series in which historian Professor Amanda Vickery attempts to uncover why only a small percentage of work shown in the world's most illustrious galleries and museums is by women? Amanda explains why it's important to throw the spotlight on female artists who've been kept in the shadows.

And the Swedish duo First Aid Kit will be performing live in the Studio.

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