Tom Hayden, Valerie Hunter Gordon, Carole Blake, Anne Pashley - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

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American political activist Tom Hayden. He once said that people only knew four words about him: "Sixties, Radical, Jane and Fonda". He led anti Vietnam war protests and was married to the Hollywood star.Valerie Hunter Gordon who invented the disposable nappy. Her prototypes were made from old wartime parachutes.

Literary agent Carole Blake who wrote a best selling guide for aspiring novelists.And Anne Pashley, who won a silver medal at the 1956 Olympics, then became a leading opera singer.

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