American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Genre	Broadcast Date
KZ0394	A grey Christmas / interviews by Aurelia Morris	Aurelia Morris interviews religious leaders about the Christmas holiday and the role of women...	American Women -- Religion	KPFK, Dec. 22, 1977
BC1224	An evening with Judy Chicago: in conversation with Arlene Raven	Feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939) discusses her struggles in life and in art to discover...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, December 13, 1972
BC0901	A valentine from Clare Spark	A collection of songs (mostly show tunes) sung by and/or about women in love. pt.1. Twenty...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, February 14, 1972
BC0698	Move over Pierre Boulez	Two talks about women composers and conductors in those male dominated fields, broadcast on KPFA...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, February 16 and 23, 1972
BC0717	Penelope's web / produced by Judy Chaikin and Naomi Pollack	A free-form tapestry woven from music, poetry, myths, literature, and drama by and about women....	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 16 and 23, 1972
BC0660	Her Raven Tresses	Examination of the symbolism, mystique, sensuality, myth, and metaphor of hair in our society....	American Women -- Beauty and body image	KPFK, February 19, 1972
BC0889	House of Incest	Author and novelist Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) reads her prose poem "House of Incest."	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 1972
BC0950	Daisy Aldan reads her poetry	Poet Daisy Aldan describes her style of poetry and reads selections from her collection "...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 2, 1972
BC0657	Lady broadcasters : do you have to wear a jock to be one?	Four women disc jockeys from Los Angeles - Barbara Birdfeather, Gloria, Outrageous Nevada, and...	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, February 2, 1972
BC0655	Women in chains	Debra Smith, Tousha Wiley, Dolores Scott and Johnny Morris from the Harriet Tubman Prison...	American Women -- Law, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, February 21, 1972
BC0670	Women in consumer advocacy	Consumer activist Ida Honorof discusses survival on a polluted planet with Dr. Ruth Harmer,...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Environmentalism	KPFK, February 22, 1972
BC0650	A minority of one	Women professors frequently number only one or two in college department. Tonight, four women Ph...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, February 22, 1972
BC0658	The new child : growing up without sex-role stereotypes	An examination of current views on child raising. Suggestions of new roles for families, schools...	American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, February 23, 1972
BC0759	New concepts of women : implications for therapy	Helen Landgarten talks with Elizabeth Estrup, M.A., Hannah Lerman, Ph.D., and Aurelia Morris who...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, February 25, 1972
BC0872	Dorothy Healey on Rosa Luxemburg	Activist Dorothy Healey (1914-2006) offers an exploration of the revolutionary activities and...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, February 26, 1972
BC0659	W.A.C.s, W.A.V.E.s, W.A.F.s, W.M.s. and wives	Documentary examining the problems of women in the military, their treatment, their resistance,...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	KPFK, February 29, 1972
BC0672	Sexual slavery : alternative visions	Antoinette Bower presents a dramatic reading of differing approaches to woman's role in...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, February 29, 1972
BC0690	Yes, my darling daughter.	A teenage feminist consciousness-raising group, composed largely of students from Los Angeles...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, February 7, 1972
BC0899	The novel of the future : realism and reality in the novel	Anais Nin (1902-1977) introduces this program as a summary of many discussions she's had...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February? 1972
KZ0451.05	Openness vs. pseudomasculinity / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 5 of 7)	This is the fifth of seven lectures given by Dr. Albert Ross at UCLA in 1976. The essence of the...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, Jan. 25, 1978.
BC1097	Portrait of a dedicated woman : Elizabeth Gurley Flynn	Communist, feminist activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) is interviewed (by William...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, January 31, 1960 and WPFW, August 7, 1977
BC1679	Clare Spark's New York diary from December 1973	Clare Spark, producer, introduces this episode: "...the goal I have set for this series,...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, January 6, 1974
BC0900	Anais Nin interviewed by Frank Roberts on her diary and letters from Henry Miller	Author Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) talks with KPFK's Frank Roberts and reads excerpts from the...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, July 15 and October 4, 1965 and 1972 (date unknown)
BC0994	The limits of growth	A review and examination of the study done by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology...	American Women -- Environmentalism	KPFK, July 25, 1972
BC1871	Which doctors are witches?	A discussion with Deirdre English and Barbara Ehrenreich, authors of "Witches, midwives,...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- New age/Wicca	KPFK, June 20, 1974
KZ1139	Interracial gay relationships / hosted by Helene Rosenbluth and David S. Fradkin	Five interracial gay and lesbian couples discuss their relationships. Aspects include how and...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Lesbians	KPFK, June 20, 1981.
KZ1282	Cinderella complex / Colette Dowling interviewed by Barbara Cady	Author Colette Dowling discusses her book "Cinderella complex" (Summit Books) with...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, June 29, 1981
KZ0883	Women passing / Lynn Fonfa	Lynn Fonfa, member of the San Francisco Lesbian History Project, talks about women who passed...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Women's history	KPFK, Mar. 5, 1980.
KZ0125	Simone de Beauvoir : in conversation / with Studs Terkel ; narrated by Janet Dodson.	Simone de Beauvoir (b.1908- d.1986) French writer, intellectual, political activist, and...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, Mar. 8, 1977.
BC1776	Rhyme and reason	English actress Rohan McCullough is interviewed by Barbara Kraft and discusses and then reads...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Theater	KPFK, March 11, 1974
KZ1211	Women and the New Right / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.	On Saturday, March 7, 1981, Los Angeles City College sponsored a day of panels celebrating...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, March 25, 1981.
KZ2719	International Woman's Day Coalition of Labor Union Women	The International Women's Day program for 1981 features four members of the Coalition of...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, March 8, 1981
KZ0455	Woman words: poetry by women / hosted by Pat Millar	This is a one-hour program of poetry and prose hosted by Pat Millar. Guests are Helena Maria...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, March 8, 1982
BC0897	May fare for fair May	A collection of Baroque and Renaissance madrigals including Alfred Deller, and poetry of Sir...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, May 1, 1972
BC1939	Inside the female mind	A panel discussion on female psychology, the problems inherent in traditional methods of...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, May 13, 1974
BC2110	Virginia Woolf: voices that fly ahead / produced by Maureen McIlroy	Part one of a documentary on Virginia Woolf, her work, and her life, based on the letters,...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	KPFK, May 15, 1974
BC0847	Maud Gonne	An original dramatic performance based on the life of Maud Gonne, actress, revolutionary and...	American Women -- Theater, American Women -- International women	KPFK, May 18, 1972
BC1924	A conversation with artist Miriam Schapiro	Artist and feminist educator Miriam Schapiro (1923 - ) reconstructs her development as a painter...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, May 19, 1974
BC1779	Men like their women "liberated"	A documentary exploration of changing sexual relationships within the family and social...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	KPFK, May 22, 1974
BC1844	Maxine Sellers : from the heart with a sense of humor	Examination of the intense, romantic and humorous work of composer/performer Maxine Sellers....	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, May 22, 1974
KZ1287	Women's concert (II): works by women composers at the Bing Theater	Women classical musicians performing music by women composers. Recorded at the Bing Theater, Los...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, May 25, 1977
BC1872	Music by and about women in middle and rural America / produced by Carlos Hagen	In this program Carlos Hagen makes a brief survey of how women in rural and middle America view...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, May 26, 1974
BC1933	If they'd had a room of their own	The sister of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny, was herself a pianist, singer and composer. Dorothy...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, May 28, 1974
KZ1249	Women unbound	Helene Rosenbluth and Eloise Klein Healy visited the People's Republic of China in April...	American Women -- International women	KPFK, May 4, 1983.
KZ2393	I remember Mama	Collage of interviews with women talking about mothering. Recorded and broadcast: May 9, 1982....	American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, May 9, 1982
BC1218	The abortion battle rages on	Ida Honorof interviews Dr. Paul Marx, Professor of Sociology at St. John's University and...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, November 13, 1972
BC1495	Sex and birth control for the teenager	Barbara Cady talks with Ellen Peck (1942-1995) and Stewart Mott (1937-2008). Ellen Peck is a...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, November 13, 1973
BC1226	Women in art history: Arlene Raven in conversation with Judy Chicago	Feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939) talks with Arlene Raven (1944-2006), a feminist art...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, November 29, 1972
BC1510	Israel : thanking God you're not a woman / Shulamit Aloni	Shulamit Aloni (1928-2014), lawyer, politician, and according to Ruth Hirschman "a leading...	American Women -- International women	KPFK, October 17, 1973
KZ4183	Sojourn Shelter for Battered Women	This program was produced to be broadcast during Domestic Violence Awareness Week. This...	American Women -- Violence against women	KPFK, October 3, 1981
BC1139	The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ; read by Maureen McIlroy.	Maureen McIlroy reads "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	KPFK, October 31, 1972
BB1923	Anais Nin reads from "The Diary of Anais Nin"	French-Cuban Author Anais Nin (1903-1977) and Rupert Pole read excerpts from her memoirs "...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, October 4, 1966
BC3064	Title IX / produced by Carolyn Berger.	Carolyn Berger reports on the content and meaning of federal legislation prohibiting...	American Women -- Education, American Women -- Law	KPFK, Part 1: 30 May 1976; Part 2: 2 June 1976.
KZ4036	Carolyn Forché reads her poetry	Poet Carolyn Forché reads her poetry live in front of an audience. Forché, who taught at San...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, Sep. 1983.
KZ1067	Some of us have become... / Gloria Steinem at Pierce College	Feminist Gloria Steinem speaks about the institutional changes that the women's movement...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, Sept. 1981.
KZ4531	Margie Adam live at KPFK	Margie Adam performs live at KPFK studio A during her tour for National Coalition of Women'...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, Sept. 24, 1980.
KZ1269	Heartsounds / by Martha Weinman Lear; interviewed by Barbara Cady	Author discusses her book "Heartsounds" (Simon & Schuster), in which explains her...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, Sept. 25, 1980.
BC1076	Lappin and Lapinova by Virgina Woolf; read by Maureen McIlroy	KPFK's Maureen McIlroy reads Virginia Woolf's feminist short story "Lappin and...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, September 1, 1972
KZ4167	Kathryn Kish Sklar speaks on married women workers	Kathryn Kish Sklar speaks on the radical impact married women workers, and their ability to...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, September 1, 1981
BC1000	With these your eyes you shall recover : the Navajo blanket	Curators Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg discuss their exhibition of Navajo blankets at...	American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, September 13, 1972
BC1047.03	Chile and its women (Episode 3 of 5)	This program examines the role of women in Chile, what their actual roles are in Chilean society...	American Women -- International women	KPFK, September 16, 1972
KZ2652	Rona Fields interviewed by Clare Spark about the psychology of Northern Ireland	Clare Spark interviews Dr. Rona M. Fields, author of "Society under siege, a psychology of...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- International women	KPFK, September 3, 1976
PZ0041	May 3, 1981 march on the Pentagon / Bella Abzug	May 3, 1981 March on the Pentagon organized by the People's Antiwar Coalition/May 3...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	KPFK?, May 3, 1981
TZ0004	The Hite report / panel on women's sexuality with Shere Hite	Shere Hite participates with a panel of women on women's relationships to sex and work....	American Women -- Sex	KPFT, Apr. 20, 1977.
TZ0083	KPFT Special Women's Day program (1987)	This tape contains several clips of readings of women's literature or speeches to be used...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Feminism	KPFT, March 8, 1987
KZ0722	National women's conference, Houston, 1977	The United Nations proclaimed 1975 the International Women's Year, and sponsored an...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFT, Nov. 18-21 1977; KPFK Dec. 2, 1980; KPFK Oct. 1982.
TZ0080	Jane Fonda and the Indochina Peace Campaign in Houston	Aircheck of an interview with Jane Fonda of the Indochina Peace Campaign, along with Bob...	American Women -- Vietnam conflict	KPFT, October 16, 1973
TZ0002	The telephone voices / produced by Jim Higgins	This program contains interviews with several Southwestern Bell directory assistance operators,...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFT, possibly May 6, 1976
PZ0492	Second Birth: Anais Nin At College Of Marin, California, 1973	Anais Nin [1903-1977] speech to students at College of Marin, California, 1973. She discusses...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	Pacifica National Programming, 1973
PZ0031	A Packet beating like a heart / by Eloise Klein Healy ; recorded by Catherine Stifter.	Eloise Klein Healy reads from her newly published book of poetry "A Packet Beating Like A...	American Women -- Poetry	Pacifica National Programming, ca. December 1980
PZ0073	The end of E.R.A. news conference / Eleanor Smeal.	Eleanor Smeal gives a speech on the non-ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, sex...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)	Pacifica National Programming, ca. June 24, 1982
BC1989	Masters and Johnson speak at the University of New Mexico	William H. Masters (1915 - 2001) and Virginia E. Johnson (1925 - 2013), the St. Louis-based...	American Women -- Sex	possibly KPFK, Dec. 1973.
KZ2466	Rosa Parks: Alabama bus boycotts start	Box label: Voice of Rosa Parks heard by phone telling her story of refusal to give up her seat...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	unknown
IZ1084	The Velvet Sledgehammer: February 16, 1983	Production reel for the February 16, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Hosted and...	American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Activists	WBAI 16 Feb. 1983
BC1580	N.O.W.'s Women's Sexuality Conference: "Speak Out" portion / produced by Nanette Rainone.	This recording contains four women's speeches from the "Speak Out" portion of the...	American Women -- Sex	WBAI 1973? (broadcast date unknown)
BC0709.36	A night of women musicians: ca. 1975 (Part One only)	A Night of Women Musicians at WBAI's Free Music Store, date unknown (ca. 1973). Host is Ms. Mark...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI ca. 1975 (date unconfirmed)
IZ1407	Memorial for Anna Duncan, Isadora's daughter	This program seems to be a recording at dancer Anna Duncan's (1894-1980) funeral or...	American Women -- Dance	WBAI ca. 1980 (no broadcast info on tape)
IZ1536	Women's health movement and the WATCH arrests	Eileen Zalisk speaks with Debbie Stuart-Smalley from Womancare, a feminist healthcare center in...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Health	WBAI ca. November 8, 1979 (no broadcast info on tape)
IZ1353	Abortion and the working woman	Speakers discuss the topic of abortion and the working woman. Recorded at District 1199 (New...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	WBAI ca. October 1979? (no broadcast information on tape)
BC0721.01	Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 1 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan	Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming...	American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI March 14, 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
BB3864.02	The Klan (Episode 2 of 5)	The second in a series of five parts produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown of...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI March 21 and 22, 1965 and August 2 and 9, 1970 and KPFA Dec.1970.
IZ1396	International Women's Day (1980) speakers	Tape of the celebration of International Women's Day 1980, sponsored by NOW-NY and the New...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, ca. March 1980 (no broadcast info on tape)
IZ0449.01	Black feminism	Program opens with a dialogue about the Women's movement between Tendai Chitoza[sp?] of...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- International women	WBAI, 09 Mar. 1978.
IZ0502	Sexual politics today	Sexual Politics Today : Produced by WBAI. Recorded on April 10, 1978. Psychotherapist Diane...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	WBAI, 10 Apr. 1978
IZ0541	Women in the media	Alternate Currents : Women In The Media. Produced by WBAI and Dave Metzger. Recorded on March 10...	American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, 10 Mar. 1979.
IZ1147	Quarry / by Meredith Monk ; interview by Charles Ruas.	Charles Ruas interviews Meredith Monk about the adaptation of her opera Quarry for radio....	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Radio	WBAI, 10 Sep. 1976.
IZ1083	The Velvet Sledgehammer - August 11, 1982: Poetry reading at Plowshares III Coffeehouse	Poetry reading hosted by Nancy DuPlessis, held June 24th, 1982 at the Plowshare III Coffee House...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, 11 Aug. 1982
BC3033	Women in films / Marjorie Rosen ; interviewed by Jena Blumenfield.	Jena Blumenfield speaks with feminist film critic Marjorie Rosen, author of "Popcorn Venus...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, 12 Feb. 1976.
IZ1090	The Velvet Sledgehammer: October 12, 1983	Production reel from the October 12, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, 12 Oct. 1983
IZ1074	The Velvet Sledgehammer: February 13, 1980	Program contains a report on a recent women's basketball game between the New York Stars...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Athletes	WBAI, 13 Feb. 1980
BB3863.34	Whatever became of Sally Rand / interviews by Richard Lamparski.	Richard Lamparski interviews burlesque dancer and actress Sally Rand (1904 - 1979). Rand,...	American Women -- Dance	WBAI, 13 Sep. 1966.
IZ1485	The Velvet Sledgehammer: authors Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde in conversation (Production reel)	Production reel (excerpts) from a conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich and reading...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, 14 Apr. 1982
BC2196.28	Robin Morgan reads The Network Of The Imaginary Mother	Feminist poet Robin Morgan (b. 1941) reads "The Network Of The Imaginary Mother" from...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, 14 Feb. and 1 Apr. 1976
BC2196.15	The rights of employed and unemployed women / moderated by Viv Sutherland.	Panel discussion on the rights of employed and unemployed women. Participants are Laura Sager,...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 14 Jun. 1975.
IZ1181	Gwen Avery in Concert	A performance by jazz and gospel singer Gwen Avery in concert at Cooper Union's Great Hall...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, 15 Dec. 1979.
IZ1070	A lacy, lacy, lacy card for Valentines Day: lesbians and femininity	A valentine from us to you with love. With comments from Susan Brownmiller, author of "...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, 15 Feb. 1984
IZ1478	Author Fanny Howe reads from her novel Holy Smoke	American poet, novelist and short story writer Fanny Howe (1940 - ) reads from her novel "Holy...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, 15 Jul 1979
IZ1152	Art Against Apartheid: A commemoration for the Soweto Massacre	An evening to commemorate the Soweto Uprising which took place on June 16, 1984. Tracie Jones...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Activists	WBAI, 16 June 1984.
IZ1091	The Velvet Sledgehammer: November 16, 1983 (Part 2 only)	Production reel for November 16, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and produced by...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Anthropology and societal role, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 16 Nov. 1983
IZ1458.04	Hot flashes: women's news from Majority Report: January 17, 1978	Women's news and current events from Majority Report for January 17, 1978. Produced by Nancy...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, 17 Jan 1978

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