Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Majority report, November 18, 1982: Schlafly v. English, Olivia's 10th Birthday, Update on Silkwood, Planetary conjunction |
Marci Lockwood and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, November 18, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up -- 2. Highlights from anti-ERA activist Phyllis Schlafly and Mother Jones editor Deirdre English's debate on the role of women in San Francisco on November 17, 1982 -- 3. Julia Randall reports on the preparations for Olivia Records' 10th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring Cris Williamson and Meg Christian; features interview with Betty Rowland, producer of the concert, and Ginny Z. Berson and Judy Dlugacz, co-founders of Olivia Records -- 4. Kitty Tucker, one of the attorneys in the case brought by Karen Silkwood's family against Kerr-McGee Corporation, speaks with Karen Sundheim about the legal issues and the status of Silkwood's case -- 5. Jean Robertson speaks with astrologer Judith Hill and psychic Tosha Silver on the significance of the alignment of the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury under the sign of Scorpio. A final segment, on women firefighters in San Francisco, is introduced but not included on PRA's copy of this recording. Theme music by Laurie Spiegel. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lockwood, Marci, Berson, Ginny Z., Schlafly, Phyllis, English, Deirdre, Randall, Julia., Rowland, Betty, Dlugacz, Judy, Olivia Records, Inc., Sundheim, Karen., Tucker, Kitty, Silkwood, Karen, 1946-1974., Robertson, Jean., Hill, Judith, Silver, Tosha, Radio news programs | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- New age/Wicca | AZ0642.10 | |
| Gayjavu / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Greg Gordon. |
The past ten years in gay history are reviewed through popular music and news: consenting adults laws begin to be passed, gay themes in cinema, "Emily," "Sappho was a right-on woman," Olivia Records, Proposition 6 in California, "Rubyfruit jungle," gay rights bills, "Lola," "Secret lover," homosexuality declared no longer a mental illness, Dan White verdict reactions, and more. Written by Art Aratin and Josy Catoggio and produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Greg Gordon, KPFK, 1979. Hosted by Greg Gordon and Josy Catoggio. |
Rosenbluth, Helene, Lesbians, Gays -- History -- 1970-1979., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Catoggio, Josy. | American Women -- Lesbians | KZ0706 | |
| Michelle Parkerson |
This episode of Upstream features filmmaker and poet Michelle Parkerson who talks about the economics of being an independent artist. Parkerson talks about her most recent film, "...But Then She's Betty Carter" (1980), and how she supports herself as a filmmaker. Parkerson also reads some of her poetry in the second half of the program. Program begins and ends with a fundraising pitch and is mixed with music. Hosted and produced by Nikki Jeter. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black women -- History., African American Women, Parkerson, Michelle | American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Poetry | WZ0255.07 | |
| Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde |
Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992) about her new book, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography (Persephone, 1982), from which she reads excerpts. Lorde and Cook discuss various scenes in the book, including Lorde's relationship with her mother, her process of becoming a reader, writer and poet, and her experiences with racism as a child and as an adult. Contains listener phone calls. (This program is different from IZ1349.07) |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre, African American women poets, African American women authors | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | IZ1349.09 | |
| Hot flashes: women's news from Majority Report: October 25, 1977 |
Women's news and current events from Majority Report for October 25, 1977. Hosted by Diane Torr for WBAI's Women's Department. Topics include an analysis of the congressional voting records on abortion, personality differences between men and women at work, AFL-CIO president calls himself "a closet feminist," Karen Silkwood case, men in computer language are represented by "1," female parliament member seeks justice for victim of rape, new birth control foam pending approval, smoking risks in pregnancy, "bust-developing" drink on trial, results of study on birth rates and women at work, society is to blame for violence against women, new labeling for products with Estrogen, women's rights in tribal law in Canada, Western Somalia Liberation Front, and local (New York) news. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- Social conditions., Women -- Economic conditions., Women -- United States., Feminism, Reproductive rights, Women workers speak out! / produced by Bonnie Bellow and Brett Harvey. | American Women -- Feminism | IZ1458.03 | |
| 13th Moon: A reading of feminist literature |
This program is a live reading sponsored by feminist literary magazine "13th Moon," recorded on March 18, 1981 in Washington Heights. Reading opened by 13th Moon's publisher Ellen Marie Bissert. Readers include poet Robin Morgan (b. 1941) and novelist Alix Kates Shulman (1932). Broadcast on March 18, 1981. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Shulman, Alix Kates, Morgan, Robin, 1941-, Feminist poetry, Women authors, Feminist literature., Feminist magazine | American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists | IZ0420 | |
| A parent's choice / Mrs. Evalyn Dundas interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson |
Mrs. Evalyn Dundas, whose son Malcolm is serving a prison term for non-cooperation with the draft, discusses with Elsa Knight Thompson the problems that such a situation poses for parents. Malcolm was granted the status of conscientious objector, and joined the Peace Corps through which he was a teacher in Tanzania. He was then recalled by the government and given the draft status of 1A. Malcolm protested the draft, was arrested, and at the time of this interview, was serving a term of 18 months in Lompoc prison. Evalyn discusses her reaction to Malcolm's objections and actions, as well as how other parents have reacted to their children's actions; learning about the terms of the draft and the Vietnam war; how her own attitudes have changed from this experience; and Malcolm's experiences in prison thus far. Evalyn also shares the reactions she's received from everyone from family members to strangers, some of whom were WWII veterans, both for and against her son's stance. RECORDED: 25 July 1967. BROADCAST: KPFA, 3 Sept. 1967. |
Thompson, Elsa Knight, Parenting., Draft resistance., Dundas, Malcolm, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Vietnam conflict | BB2148 | |
| Barbara: an in-depth study of an American prostitute / produced by Martin Varno |
Folio description: "Documentary on a highly educated, intelligent woman who has chosen prostitution as a profession. Barbara, a sometime student at one of California's largest universities with an IQ well above average; but at nineteen she isn't the average teenager. She's a well-trained, highly skilled professional, an expert in a field which brings her approximately one thousand tax-free dollars a week." Barbara discusses how she got into the business as a junior high school student, her experiences with psychedelic drugs, and whether or not prostitution should be a legalized and regulated. Also includes interviews with Robert McDaniels of the Stanley Fleischman law offices; Albert Vincent Freeman, clinical psychologist and consultant with the Southern California branch of the Institute For Rational Living. Program also referred to as A Time To Think. Conceived, written, and presented by Martin Varno. Production and technical assistance by Ron Quakeman, John Stevens, Bixby Lynn, Janet Bernstein, Jan Russell, Norman Belkin, and Dennis Wayne. The program was produced by the Goldenrod Serena Company, exclusively for Pacifica Radio and was written and directed by Martin Varno. Ed Stoddard, end announcer. Contains very loud cricket song during the portion of Barbara's interview. Broadcast on KPFK 1969-07-19. |
Prostitutes -- Biography., Freeman, Albert Vincent, McDaniels, Robert, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | BB1800 | |
| Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich / reviewed by Doris Grumbach and Carolyn Kizer. |
Review of Adrienne Rich's book "Of Woman Born" by Doris Grumbach and Carolyn Kizer. This is the first episode of the WPFW series "Expressions". |
Books -- Reviews., Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Grumbach, Doris, Kizer, Carolyn, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | WZ0046 | |
| Women's Coalition for the Third Century (WC3C) / interviews by Nanette Rainone and Brett Harvey. (Episode 9 of 15) |
The Women's Coalition for the Third Century (WC3C) is an outgrowth of women's participation in Bicentennial activities. In October 1974, WC3C held a conference in Boston and Nanette Rainone and Brett Harvey interviewed three women attending the conference about women's history, and the rise in women's history research and writings. The interviewees are Linda Grant DePauw, professor of history at George Washington University; Pat King, director of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe College; and Patricia Budd Kepler, minister and head of WC3C. This program was broadcast as Part IX of the "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" series. |
DePauw, Linda Grant., King, Pat., Women -- History -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women's Coalition for the Third Century, Kepler, Patricia Budd, 1934- | American Women -- Women's history | BC2069.09 |