Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
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| Mannequins, millionettes, and women / produced by Frances Emley. |
This program explores the contradiction between the well-publicized women who are members of the "beautiful people" and women struggling for social justice. Describes the rise of models such as Margeaux Hemingway. African-American post office worker Flossie Morris speaks about the need for more Black women in the Women's movement. There is also a discussion of the idea of "Bourgeoisie feminism" or feminism for White women. Produced by Frances Emley, co-production by Andres Alegria. Musical selections provided by Margot Emley, Laurie Garrett, Maria Maquila[sp?] and Joyce Panico. Editing a little choppy. |
Women in mass media., Mass media., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Beauty and body image | AZ0002 | Mannequins, millionettes, and women / produced by Frances Emley. (CD) |
| A Visit with Annea Lockwood / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian. |
One of the most remarkable avant-garde composers in the world is Annea Lockwood, who was born in 1939 in New Zealand. Charles Amirkhanian visits her at her home in the English countryside to find out about her remarkable sonic experiments. Lockwood's "Glass Concert" and "Tiger Balm" are heard, and you will take a walk through Annea's garden which contains five pianos as well as the more usual garden varieties. Records used in the program: Glass World of Annea Lockwood. Available from Tangent Records, Suite 11, 52 Shaftesbury Road, London W1, ENGLAND. Tiger Balm: Available from Source Magazine, 2101 22nd Street, Sacramento, CA. |
Glass concert., Amirkhanian, Charles., Lockwood, Annea, 1939-, Women composers., Avant garde music., Visit with Annea Lockwood / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian.**A, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0014 | A Visit with Annea Lockwood / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian. |
| Sound poetry of Lily Greenham / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian |
Lily Greenham (1924-2001) has made her reputation all over Europe as one of the most effective performers of sound poetry in live performance (as opposed to tape-recorded) situation. With a solid background in music (the Vienna Academy), a knowledge of eight languages, and a hard-headed women's rights lifestyle, she is a frequent attraction at international exhibitions. Tonight you'll hear her discuss her career with Carol and Charles Amirkhanian and deliver a number of her works as well as writings by other poets. On the first half of this program, Greenham will be performing short works by other poets, including Neil Mills, Alain Arias-Misson, Bob Cobbing, Peter Greenham, Gerhard Rühm, Helmut Heissenbüttel, and Ernst Jandl. Selections from her own work will be in the latter half of the program, beginning with her most celebrated piece, Do You Wonder About This Society? Interview recorded in Paris, June 12, 1972. This is Greenham's first American radio broadcast. |
Greenham, Lily., Women poets, Concrete poetry., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Sound poetry | American Women -- Poetry | AZ0017 | Sound poetry of Lily Greenham / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian (nid:1240) |
| Timpanist Elayne Jones / produced by Charles Amirkhanian. |
Charles Amirkhanian interviews timpanist Elayne Jones. She discusses her career, the problems of Blacks in American symphonies, and the influence of Black African music on Western European music. Includes excerpts of performances (Elayne Jones plays timpani on all of these selections). (From Folio) Elayne Jones is one of the most prominent percussionists in the United States orchestral music scene. She was chosen personally by Leopold Stokowski to work with his American Symphony Orchestra upon its founding. Jones is also one of the few Black orgestral musicians holding a first-chair position, and when recently she was fired by the San Francisco Symphony, allegedly for musical reasons, the Bay Area community (including many musicians and critics) were convinced that racism was at the base of the action. |
Jones, Elayne, Timpanists, Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women musicians | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0022 | Timpanist Elayne Jones / produced by Charles Amirkhanian. |
| Environmental carcinogens / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 1) |
Montage on the environmental origins of cancer, occupational health hazards, and the reluctance of industries to provide adequate safeguards against these hazards. Over 20 scientists were interviewed at a meeting of the American Cancer Society for this program, including Berkeley biochemistry professor Dr. Bruce Ames and immunologist Dr. Joel Schwartz. Written and produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins. |
Ames, Bruce N., Gevins, Adi., Occupational health and safety., Peabody awards, Industrial toxicology., Carcinogens., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Science and scientists, American Women -- Health | AZ0027.01 | Environmental carcinogens / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 1) |
| The Opening of the flu season : a look at the preparations and repercussions of the swine flu vaccination program / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett. (Episode 2) |
Examination of the preparations and repercussions of the Swine Flu vaccination program. Contains a comedy sketch about the opening of the flu season, as well as interviews with researchers active in the Swine Flu controversy, such as Dr. James Chin of the California Health Department and Dr. Anthony Morris, formerly of the Bureau of Biologics of the National Institute of Health. Written and produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins with engineering assistance from Scott McAllister and Randy Thom. Actors in the comedy sketch are Kris Welch, Alan Snitow, Randy Thom and Brent Stuart. Previously cataloged as AZ0026. |
Gevins, Adi., Peabody awards, Influenza vaccines., Swine influenza., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Science and scientists | AZ0027.02 | The Opening of the flu season : a look at the preparations and repercussions of the swine flu vaccination program / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett. (Episode 2) |
| Recombinant DNA : genetic engineering in the corporate world / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 3) |
In this program on DNA, the thin line between research and corporate profit, public benefits and public menace is debated in interviews with industrial, academic, and government biogeneticists. Includes interviews with Dr. Sidney Udenfriend of Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceutical Corporation, Jeremy Rifkin and Dan Smith of the People's Business Commission, and Dr. Steven Beckenford of UC Berkeley, and others. Produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins, with engineering assistance from Philip Maldari. Previously cataloged as AZ0029. |
Gevins, Adi., Peabody awards, Corporate profits., Recombinant DNA., Genetic engineering., Garrett, Laurie, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Science and scientists | AZ0027.03 | Recombinant DNA : genetic engineering in the corporate world / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 3) (nid:1250) |
| Fraud in the sciences / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 4) |
An examination of fraud, fudging, and stretching the truth in the sciences. Includes interviews with Dr. Leon Kamin of Princeton University, who exposed the fraud of Dr. Cyril Burt (father of the genetic theory of intelligence), physicist Norman Milleron, anthropologist Dr. Laura Nader, and Dr. DeWitt Stetton of the National Institute of Health. Also contains a brief comedic sketch. Produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins, with engineering assistance from Scott McAllister and theatrical assistance from Randy Thom and Bill Sokol. Previously cataloged as AZ0036. |
Nader, Laura., Milleron, Norman., Kamin, Leon J., Research ethics., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Science and scientists | AZ0027.04 | Fraud in the sciences / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 4) |
| A visit to the Stanford Primate Research Center / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett |
The Stanford Primate Research Center houses primates in a natural-like habitat and provides research in primate development and behavior, significantly female dominated social groups, in squirrel monkeys, rhesus monkeys, and chimpanzees. This is a documentary on the Center and includes interviews with director Dr. Seymour Levine and Dr. Christopher Coe. Produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins. Technical assistance by Scott McAllister. ,Previously cataloged as AZ0043. |
Coe, Christopher L., Levine, Seymour, 1925-, Primates -- Behavior., Stanford Outdoor Primate Facility, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Science and scientists | AZ0027.05 | A visit to the Stanford Primate Research Center / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett |
| Galapagos Islands discovered : evolution of the ocean floor / Dr. John Corliss ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett. |
Laurie Garrett interviews Dr. John Corliss of Oregon State University, Corvalis, co-head of the Galapagos Research Mission, about the recent discoveries off the Galapagos Islands. Corliss, plunging two miles to the sea floor, found enormous volcanic activity, high concentrations of radioactivity and rare elements, and strange new life forms. The new biology of the ocean alters some of the prevailing theories of evolution. Garrett and Corliss discuss evolution, the content of the earth's core, and the experience of diving two miles below sea level. Produced by Laurie Garrett, with technical assistance from Susan Ohori. Previously cataloged as AZ0066. |
Evolution of the ocean floor., Galapagos Islands., Corliss, John., Marine biology -- Galapagos Islands., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Science and scientists | AZ0027.06 | Galapagos Islands discovered : evolution of the ocean floor / Dr. John Corliss ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett. |