Hannah Bailey

Hannah Bailey, KCUR Studios

Hannah Bailey is the spring 2022 podcast intern for KCUR Studios.

Stories by Hannah Bailey, KCUR Studios

The Womontown documentary features co-founders Andrea Nedelsky and Mary Ann Hopper walking through their old neighborhood in Midtown Kansas City. Emily Woodring and Brydie O'Connor of Kansas City PBS film Nedelsky discussing Womontown's history.

Womontown: How 12 City Blocks in Kansas City Became a Radical Enclave By and For Women

By Hannah Bailey, KCUR Studios | March 8, 2022

Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could "walk hand in hand, freely down the streets." So they created Womontown. The radical enclave encompassed 12 city blocks and attracted women from all over the U.S.