This week on From the Vault we highlight a historic conversation between two radical and influential women from the Feminist Era of the 1970's, artist Judy Chicago and writer Anais Nin.
Early in 1972, Pacifica station KPFK dedicated airtime to a number of special programs by for and about women. This from the February 1972 folio program guide:
"The women's liberation movement is an emerging force in working a change in human consciousness, in challenging institutional structures, and questioning society's concepts of traditional archetypes. As more women became directly involved in programming at KPFK, the idea of a month-long focus on the theme of women naturally emerged. The resulting collection of programs reflects the diverse interests and tastes of women who, either through their work with the station or in the community, became involved in this project."
Included were readings of the works of Virginia Woolf, George Sand, and Joan Didion, documentaries on Sylvia Plath, Rachel Carson, Marilyn Monroe, and Angela Davis, gay liberation and women's liberation, and discussions with University school student feminists. Also heard were Judy Chicago and Anais Nin, friends who reveal the complexities of Feminist theory throughout the course of their discussion - and the challenge to include all visions of women's liberation within the conversation.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration, and past grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners. We also thank our partners and collaborators at the Pop-Up Archive, Amara, Other Minds Archives, George Blood Audio, and the California Audio Visual Preservation Project.
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