Rae Alexandra
Arts and culture reporter at KQED and author of Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area, who researches and highlights overlooked women in Bay Area history.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 19min
Unsung Heroines: Rebel Girls of the Bay Area
Rae Alexandra, arts and culture reporter at KQED and author of Unsung Heroines, digs up overlooked women who shaped the Bay Area. She explains her research methods and surprising finds. Stories include Tianfu (Tien) Wu’s rescue work and Charlotte Brown’s 1863 streetcar lawsuit. Illustrated challenges and the book’s chronological approach round out the conversation.
Mar 18, 2026 • 55min
Celebrating the ‘Unsung Heroines’ of the Bay Area
Rae Alexandra, KQED Arts & Culture writer and author of Unsung Heroines, mines forgotten Bay Area women’s histories. She shares stories of trailblazing cooks, nurses, doctors, activists and reporters. Short vignettes span 19th to 21st centuries and highlight grassroots protest, archival sleuthing, and the surprising origins of institutions now central to the region.
