American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Genre	Broadcast Date
IZ1377.01	Sexuality and the family	This week: Sexuality and the family with Lynne Zeavin, Howard Gatlin, and Muriel Dimen. No phone...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Sex	WBAI, May 26, 1981
BB3953	Women in media / Nicholas Johnson	Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson speaking before the American Women in Radio...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, May 26, 1970
BC0980	The Lawrence strike / Meredith Tax ; produced by Ann Snitow.	This program is a history of the Lawrence Strike, a poetic adaptation of "The Rising of the...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Radio	WBAI, May 21, 1972
BB3412	A thousand years of Vietnamese poetry / translated and read by Robin Morgan and Nguyen Ngoc Bich	A Thousand Years Of Vietnamese Poetry was an evening of poetry translated and read by Robin...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, May 19, 1967
IZ0492.09	Conflicting interests: city issues with Ruth Messinger (Episode 1)	Aircheck of program number one in the "Conflicting interests" series. Ruth Messinger,...	American Women -- Politicians and politics	WBAI, May 17, 1981
IZ1348	One night of love: Victoria's closet (Part 2 only)	Victoria's closet: dramatized excerpts of Victorian erotica, broadcast as part of "One...	American Women -- Sex	WBAI, May 17, 1979.
IZ0670.01	Linda Pastan and Melanie Kaye read their poetry	Two women poets read their poetry. First is Linda Pastan (b. 1932) of Potomac Maryland, author...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, May 15, 1982
IZ0809	Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, and Kate Millett	Poetry readings by Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde, recorded at St. Peter's Church in New...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, May 14, 1979
BB3804.01	Anne Sexton reads at the Poetry Center	Anne Sexton reads some of her work before an audience at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. YM-...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, May 11, 1965.
IZ1394	A women's music festival on WBAI (airchecks and production)	Tape One (Part A): Judy Pasternak starts by introducing the program that just ended, "Women...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, May 10, 1980
IZ1438	History of women workers and women in the labor movement	Historian Dr. Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews historian Dr. Alice Kessler Harris about women and...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, May 1, 1982
IZ1463	Family in history: interview with Carl Degler	Eileen Zalisk interviews historian Dr. Carl Degler (1921 - 2014) author of "At Odds: Women and...	American Women -- Parenting and children	WBAI, March 8, 1981
IZ1352	International Women's Day (1980) music	Aircheck. The music of Malvina Reynolds, Suni Paz, and Holly Near, with commentary by Judy...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, March 8, 1980
IZ1408	Annette Rubenstein talks to Blanch Cook about her book on Crystal Eastman	Annette Rubinstein, editor of Science and Society, literary historian and critic, and veteran...	American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Activists	WBAI, March 8, 1979
IZ1368	International women's day (1978) music (Part 1 only)	Aircheck of Morning Music on International Women's Day with Eileen Kane and Manya La Bruja...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, March 8, 1978
IZ1388	Where's the rub?	This program is an investigation of the proposed licensing of massage parlors in New York in...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, March 8, 1973
IZ0893	Our city, our lives: Women's work, women's health- Jeanne Stellman interviewed by Celeste Wesson	Jeanne Stellman interviewed by Celeste Wesson for the Public Affairs Department. of WBAI, NY....	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, March 6, 1978
IZ1419	Performing poets: a benefit reading at the St. Mark's Poetry Project, October 1975	On October 29, 1975, WBAI taped the Rinpoche Benefit Poetry Reading at St. Mark's Church in...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 6, 1976
IZ1347	Washington Report: March 6, 1972	Washington Report: March 6, 1972. Interview with Dr. Rona Fields, an American psychologist who...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	WBAI, March 6, 1972
IZ1507	The Velvet Sledgehammer: March 5, 1978	The Velvet Sledgehammer, March 5, 1978, hosted by Rose Jordan. Begins with a song Cassie Culver...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, March 5, 1978
BC2196.04	Women in the Judeo-Christian tradition / Rosyln Lacks	A lecture and discussion with Roslyn Lacks, writer for the Village Voice, of the religious/...	American Women -- Religion	WBAI, March 30?, 1975
BB4331	Haywood Burns: defense attorney for Angela Davis	Talk on developments in the trial of Angela Davis. Intro: Next we hear a talk by Haywood Burns,...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Politicians and politics	WBAI, March 30, 1971
IZ0528.02	People's law update: Affirmative action - where do we go from here?	Bob Lefcourt speaks with Judith Layzer from the office of Contract Compliance of New York City;...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, March 3, 1979
IZ1355.01	Thor's hammer: March 29, 1980- Marilyn Hacker	Marie Ponsot (1923 - ) interviews Marilyn Hacker (1942 - ), who reads poems from her new book,...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 29, 1980
BB4263	Groups / moderated by Robert Kuttner	Dr. Bruce Maliver, Dr. Martin Shepard, and Terry Becker discuss different approaches to group...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	WBAI, March 29, 1971
BC0721.03	Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 3 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 28, 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
BB3804.11	Jean Garrigue reads at the Poetry Center	Poet Jean Garrigue (1912 - 1972), author of five volumes of poetry, including the recently...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 28, 1965.
IZ1349.04	Women and the world in the 1980s: March 26, 1982	Blanche Cook interviews Cathy Porter about her book "Alexandra Kollontai: a biography,...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	WBAI, March 26, 1982
IZ0607	Hot type / by Marjorie Lipsyte interviewed by Phyllis Kriegel	"Hot Type" is a novel about a woman working on a newspaper in the 1960's,...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, March 25, 1982
IZ1403	Mooncircles: Kay Gardner and Marilyn Ries on women's music	This is an interview with flutist Kay Gardner and musician technician Marilyn Ries about women...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, March 25, 1976
IZ1344	McPartland plays herself (Part 2 only)	This episode of "A delicate balance" features host, jazz pianist Marian McPartland (...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, March 24, 1976
BC1762	Let 'em eat kitsch	A broad collage portrait of American society, made up of music, improvisations and speeches...	American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, March 24, 1974
BB4247.01	Black awareness - Black political prisoners in New York / Deloris Costello	Commentary series on Black issues. This episode focuses on Black political prisoners in New York...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Politicians and politics	WBAI, March 24, 1970
BC0949.01	Robin Morgan (Episode 1 of 4)	Poet Robin Morgan (1941 - ) reads selections of her own work. Sensitive language.	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 23, 1972
IZ0449.09	Interview with Marge Piercy	Blossom Neuschatz interviews novelist, poet, essayist and teacher Marge Piercy (1936 - ). They...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, March 21, 1980.
BC0721.02	Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 2 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 21, 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
BB3958.03	Everyone was brave / William L. O'Neill interviewed by Nanette Rainone	Nanette Rainone speaks with William L. O'Neill, historian and author of "Everyone Was...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, March 21, 1970
IZ0782	Margaret Mead interviewed by Gil Jardine	Gil Jardine from WBAI's Drama and Literature Department interviews anthropologist Margaret...	American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Sex	WBAI, March 2, 1970
IZ0777	Soundtrack: Liz Alexander interviewed about the film The Killing of Angel Street	Paul Wunder (not identified on tape) of WBAI's Soundtrack program interviews Australian...	American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, March 1981
IZ0528.04	Equal Rights Amendment	Phil Steer and Lydia Braggar discuss the Equal Rights Amendment with Phyllis Segal, lawyer and...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)	WBAI, March 1978
BC0721	Letters of a woman homesteader (Series title)	Readings of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in...	American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, March 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
BB3864.05	The young people (Episode 5 of 5)	The fifth in a series of five programs produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, March 1965 and August 30, 1970 and KPFA Jan. 1, 1970.
BC2196.25	Women in the workforce in Canada	Kathy Ann Kersey interviews Margaret Catley-Carlson, Deputy Executive Director UNICEF about...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- International women	WBAI, March 14, 1982
BC2196.23	Income taxes with Reva Calesky, feminist financial consultant / interviewed by Viv Sutherland	Viv Sutherland interviews feminist financial consultant Reva Calesky (1939-2012), owner of...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, March 13, 1976
IZ0838	Joan Jara and Quilapayun interviewed by Kathy Jarvis	Joan Jara, wife of Victor Jara, a Chilean folksinger who was executed during the September 11,...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Relatives of notable men	WBAI, March 1, 1979
IZ1432	Poetry reading: Barbara Holland and Paul Oppenheimer	Barbara Holland reads selections from her book "Crises of Rejuvenation:" Crises of...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 1, 1975
BB3864.03	The demonstrations (Episode 3 of 5)	The third in a series of five parts produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown of...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, Mar 1965 and Aug 16 1970 and KPFA Dec 24, 1970
BC0724.02	Consciousness raising-WBAI (Episode 2 of 4): Adolescent puberty rituals	Consciousness-raising: An examination of women's issues. This discussion focuses on...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Health, American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, likely between October 8, 1971 and April 28, 1972
BC0724.03	Consciousness raising-WBAI (Episode 3 of 4): Friendship and loneliness	Consciousness-raising: An examination of women's issues. This discussion focuses on the...	American Women -- Marriage and divorce, American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Parenting and children	WBAI, likely between October 8, 1971 and April 28, 1972
BC0943	Know your body (Series record)	This is the program record for the series "Know Your Body," a series of eight lectures...		WBAI, June and October, 1972
IZ1482	The Velvet Sledgehammer: November 6, 1982 (Production reel)	Production reel containing excerpts for the June 8, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer....	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, June 8, 1982
IZ1450	Battered women	Recordings from a conference on battered women sponsored by the American Friends Service...	American Women -- Violence against women	WBAI, June 7, 1977
IZ0528.01	People's law update: Lennox Hinds interviewed by Bob Lefcourt	Bob Lefcourt speaks with attorney Lennox Hinds from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, June 6, 1979
IZ0727	Judy Chicago interviewed by Celeste Wesson	Judy Chicago, pioneering feminist artist who created the first women's art program in...	American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, June 4, 1979
BC2584	How to organize your workplace.	Panel discussion which covers successful efforts to organize women workers into women's caucuses...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, June 28, 1975
IZ0853	Helen Caldicott on The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 25, 1978	WBAI's Velvet Sledgehammer program for June 25, 1978. Opens with Judie Pasternak giving...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, June 25, 1978
IZ1472	Educating for peace	Educating for Peace, a program about teaching peace in the schools. Hosts are Greg Haycock[sp?]...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, June 24, 1983?
BC0943.01	Sexual response in women and men / Joy Norin and Leslie Cohen	This program deals with sexual response in women and men. The speakers are Joy Norin and Leslie...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Sex	WBAI, June 24 and September 10, 1972
IZ1373	Statements by two Northern Irish women about the current violence in their communities	A report on the affect of military occupation on community life in Northern Ireland. Evidence of...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, June 20, 1982
BC2342	Marian Seldes / interviewed by Bruce Kenyon.	Actress Marian Seldes (1928-2014), recipient of Tony, Obie and Drama Desk Awards, is interviewed...	American Women -- Theater	WBAI, June 2, 1975
IZ1411.01	Women composers: interviews with Ora Williams and Virginia Eskin	This series is "Portraits of women composers," produced by Jeannie Pool for the Women...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, June 19, 1981
IZ0927	The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 19, 1977 (Part 1 and 3 only)	A Women's Magazine of the Air, produced by the WBAI Women's Department, featuring:...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, June 19, 1977
BB3448	The Seasons of time: Tanka poetry of Japan / moderated by Ellen Jaffe	Mrs. Virginia Baron, editor, and Mr. Yasuhide Kobashi, illustrator, discuss their anthology of...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- International women	WBAI, June 19, 1968
IZ1464	School of hard knocks or, mallets with forethought	Jan Albert hosts his program about the resumed construction (after a 37-year of hiatus) of the...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, June 18, 1980
IZ1382	Sex and art: scholarship and vulgarity	A program on sex and art. Begins with a reading from Edward Albee's introduction to...	American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, June 11, 1980
IZ1430.01	Anne Forer reads her work	Anne Forer reads from her work: an autobiographical piece (title not given on recording), "...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, June 10, 1980
BC1950	New York Radical Feminists' Marriage speak-out	In February 1973, the New York Radical Feminists held a marriage conference which they called...	American Women -- Marriage and divorce, American Women -- Radical Feminism	WBAI, July 8, 1973
IZ0449.10	Women's legal clinic: July 7, 1980	Judy Levin and Betty Levinson review important legal cases of the 1970s. Begins with discussion...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, July 7, 1980.
IZ1434	The real Tibet	Judith Murray speaks with Barbara Nimri Aziz, British-educated anthropologist, about the reality...	American Women -- Anthropology and societal role	WBAI, July 6, 1978
IZ0449.17	Everywomanspace: July 5, 1982-Angela Gilliam hosts	Aircheck of 7/5/82 Everywomanspace program with Angela Gilliam. The guest is Professor Everard...	American Women -- Education	WBAI, July 5, 1982.
IZ1358	Women and the unfinished American revolution	A special solute to women and the unfinished American Revolution, looking at the Revolutionary...	American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, July 4, 1982
IZ0382	The boycott of J.P. Stevens / produced by Celeste Wesson	Program produced by WBAI and Bill O'Neill. Recorded on July 8, 1977. Interview with Barbara...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, July 4, 1977
BC2337	National Women's Political Caucus: Biennial Convention, Boston 1975	Reporting and actuality from the National Women's Political Caucus Biennial Convention, held in...	American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, July 4, 1975
IZ1411.02	Women composers: Janice Giteck and Gloria Coates	Jeannie Pool interviews and plays music of Janice Giteck and Gloria Coates, two American women...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, July 3, 1981
IZ0391.02	Post ERA: Denise Fuge and Gail Gabler	Nancy Kramer speaks with Denise Fuge, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)-New...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, July 29, 1982
IZ1511	Lesbian Pride Week, 1977 (Part 2 only): Coming Out Proud and A Personal Politic	Actuality from the panel "Coming Out Proud" and the beginning of the panel "A...	American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, July 23, 1977
IZ1349.06	Women and the world in the 1980s: July 2, 1982	Blanche Cook interviews Marilyn Young, professor of history at New York University and co-author...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, July 2, 1982
IZ1398	Women Against War forum at NYU	Women Against War event at NYU, June 1980. From the book "Peace as a women's issue: a...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, July 2, 1980
IZ1510	The Velvet Sledgehammer: July 2, 1980: WREE Seminar on Racism	Production reel for the July 2, 1980 episode of the Velvet Sledgehammer. Contains excerpts from...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, July 2, 1980
IZ0622	Angela Davis interviewed by Samori Marksman	Angela Davis is interviewed by Samori Marksman, on program "Brunch", Saturday July 19...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Politicians and politics	WBAI, July 19, 1980
IZ1359	A memorial for Muriel Rukeyser: readings and performances by Chaikin and Peaslee	A memorial program for poet and activist Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980). Joseph Chaikin (1935-2003...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, July 19, 1980
AZ1071	Malvina Reynolds and Bill Schechner	Malvina Reynolds, folksinger, plays her songs live in studio for Bill Schechner and audience....	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, July 19, 1973
IZ1504.01	Jeriann Hilderly	Episode of Songs of Sappho's Daughters, featuring Jeriann Hilderly performing music....	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, July 16, 1974
IZ1061.02	The Lesbian Show: July 15, 1980 - Third World Lesbian Writers Conference (2nd annual)	The Lesbian Show, produced by Donna Allegra, features readings from the 2nd Annual Third World...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, July 15, 1980
BC2196.20	Women in the United Kingdom	Viv Sutherland talks with professor Helen Baehr of the Center Polyclinic of London about the...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, July 1, 1978
IZ0996.02	Kathy Smith and Burt Lee	Guests on this show are folk singers Kathy Smith and Burt Lee and producer Mark Roth. The...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, January 9, 1970
BB3802.03	Angelina and Sarah Grimke (Episode 3 of 6)	Sarah and Angelina Grimke: slaveholders turned abolitionists, the first American women to give...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, January 9, 1963
BB2031	Abortion: inside and outside the hospital / moderated by Lucinda Cisler and James Clapp (Episode 2)	This is the same tape as BB3770.02,...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Reproductive rights	WBAI, January 8, 1969
IZ0788	Adrienne Rich: an interview and reading / interview by Susan Howe (Part 2 only)	Poet Adrienne Rich (1929 - 2012) is interviewed by Susan Howe and reads from her book of poetry...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, January 31, 1979
IZ1362	Allies / by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's read by Viv Sutherland	Viv Sutherland reads Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's short story "Allies" from her...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, January 30, 1980
BB3802.06	Frances Willard's temperance crusade: a political school for women (Episode 6 of 6)	The last in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, January 30, 1963
BC2327	Mary Lou Williams retrospective / hosted by Marian McPartland	Host Marian McPartland interviews and plays selection of music by jazz musician Mary Lou...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, January 3, 1975
IZ1062	Noretta Koertge: Who was that masked woman?	Viv Sutherland interviews Noretta Koertge, author of "Who Was that Masked Woman?"...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, January 27, 1982
BB3580	What every woman should know about abortion / Dr. Robert E. Hall ; interviewed by Mary Orovan	Dr. Robert E. Hall, President of the Association for the Study of Abortion discusses his...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Health	WBAI, January 27, 1969
IZ1400	Jewish women in New York	Tapes selected from a panel on immigrant Jewish women which was part of a conference on Culture...	American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, January 25, 1981
IZ1349.02	Women and the world in the 1980s: January 22, 1982	Blanche Cook interviews writer Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), who reads poems from her newly...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, January 22, 1982
IZ1490	Abortion rights / produced by Eileen Zalisk (Production reel)	Production reel for a program hosted by Eileen Zalisk commemorating the 8th anniversary of the...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	WBAI, January 22, 1981
BB3770.04	Recent studies in the psychology of abortion (Episode 4)	This is the fourth program in the WBAI series on abortion. In this program, guests are Lawrence...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	WBAI, January 22, 1969
IZ1389	Interview with jazz pianist Connie Crothers	Interview with Connie Crothers (1941 - ), jazz pianist who was a student of Lennie Tristano....	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, January 21, 1979
BB4378	Who jails the rapist? / produced by Ginny Leicht	Documentary on rape and the punishment for rape, providing a look at the way New York and New...	American Women -- Violence against women	WBAI, January 21, 1972

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