Program

  • Gloria Naylor interviewed about her novel The Women of Brewster Place

    Raw tape of Gloria Naylor, Black woman author, interviewed by Doris Austin[?] about her novel “The Women of Brewster Place.” She reads a passage from the book and then talks with Doris about the book, how Naylor’s visions of the women who populate the book came into being, and more specifically about some of the…

  • 1981 Abortion Rally in New York City

    Speakers at a rally in New York City on abortion and equal rights for women, circa June 1981. Speakers include Carolina Castillo, representative of the Executive Council of the General Association of Salvadoran University Students (in Spanish, with English translation); an unidentified speaker who discusses upcoming ERA rally in front of the New York Public…

  • Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom conference, 1981

    Two speakers at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom conference, recorded May 27, 1981. Joanna [no last name given] on U.S. strategic policy and its impact on Europe; 24:00–Edith Ballantyne, General Secretary for the League Office in Geneva, Switzerland speaks about her European perspective on the U.S. armament policy.

  • Women’s Pentagon Action Rally

    Banded reel of actuality from the Women’s Pentagon Action on November 17, 1980, held in Washington, D.C, during which over two thousand women surrounded the Pentagon to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the destruction of the Earth and the oppression of women. Begins with a reading of the Statement of Purpose for the Action…

  • Mendola Report: Mary Mendola and Francis Clayton interviews

    Interview with Mary Mendola, author of “The Mendola Report: A New Look At Gay Couples” [Crown, 1980] and Dr. Frances Clayton, lesbian psychologist and therapist, about Mendola’s survey of gay couples and interviews with and about gay couples. Mendola talks about her use of the word “marriage” to describe committed same-sex relationships and Clayton discusses…

  • Karen Cosden interviewed by Eileen Zalisk: March 21, 1979

    Eileen Zalisk interviews Karen Cosden[sp?] about women and sex hormones. “Fighting the Crisis of Sex Hormones” will be the theme of an upcoming conference covering the drug DES (banned in 1973), which was prescribed to pregnant women to prevent complications during pregnancy but was shown to have numerous debilitating side effects, including cancer and birth…

  • Janet Guthrie: woman race car driver

    Sixteen minutes of a speech given by Janet Guthrie, professional race car driver, and first woman to race the Indianapolis 500 in 1977. She talks about her experiences with sexism and racing. Tape ends before her remarks do. No additional information (date, location) given on the tape label, but a program from the 1987 Within…

  • Vanessa Redgrave: candidate for Parliament / Paul McIsaac

    Vanessa Redgrave, campaigning for a seat in Parliament for the Worker’s Revolutionary Party (Redgrave is a Marxist and a famous actress), canvasses council housing, or low income houses, in Great Britain and is recorded doing so and defending her politics to a reporter in this program by Paul McIsaac (WBAI reporter) during his visit to…

  • Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, and Kate Millett

    Poetry readings by Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde, recorded at St. Peter’s Church in New York City, March 7, 1979, and a talk by Kate Millett recorded at Judson Memorial Church, May 4th, 1979. Poems read by Rich include: 2:21–“For Julian in Nebraska”, 5:32–“The Image” (1976 trip to Crete), 13:20–“Spring 1979” (unfinished poem). Poems read…

  • Malvina Reynolds and Bill Schechner

    Malvina Reynolds, folksinger, plays her songs live in studio for Bill Schechner and audience. Songs included on this reel: The Albatross; Turn Around; Little Boxes; The New Restaurant; Tokyo Farewell (aka Goodbye Joe). Reynolds talks to Schechner between songs about her songs, her hits, and how to order them. No dates on tape box, taken…