Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Faith Petric sings folk songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld. |
Faith Petric (September 13, 1915-October 24, 2013) sings folk songs written by other musicians in the studio. Produced by Ed Schoenfeld. They discuss the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World), Bruce "Utah" Phillips, Petric's own biographical history, the folk music scene in the Bay Area, and Petric's involvement with the San Francisco Folk Music Club. |
Petric, Faith., Folk-songs., Women musicians., Radicalism -- Songs and music., Women folk musicians, San Francisco Folk Music Club, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0226 | Faith Petric sings folk songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld. |
| Ruthie Gorton sings her own songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld |
Ruthie Gorton is a Los Angeles based "movement singer" who has performed around the country since the civil rights movement. She sings acapella, that is, without accompaniment, about a variety of social issues and movements in the U.S. and abroad. In this program, Ruthie sings her own songs. Produced at KPFA by Ed Schoenfeld. |
Gorton, Ruthie., Schoenfeld, Ed., Political ballads and songs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians -- United States. | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0228 | Ruthie Gorton sings her own songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld |
| Setting the stage, 1949 : enter the Cold War |
The mood of the Cold War era is explored in interviews with Jessica Mitford, Helga Lohr-Bailey, and Billy Allan, three political activists of the forties and fifties. Produced as part of the KPFA thirtieth anniversary retrospective programming group. Interviews conducted by Helen Mickiewicz, Laurie Garrett, and Paul Allen. Produced by Helen Mickiewicz. |
Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996, Allan, Billy., Lohr Bailey, Helga, World politics -- 1945-, United States -- History., McCarthyism., KPFA thirty year retrospective, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0232 | Setting the stage, 1949 : enter the Cold War |
| Lesbians and alcoholism / produced by Karla Tonella |
Host: Ann Noolen, Lesbian Task Force of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. Guests: Ann Worthington, Women's Alcohol Coalition; Celinda Cantu, Center for Feminist Therapy & Education; Bonnie Malcolm, Whitman Radcliffe Foundation; and musician Meg Christian, Olivia Records. Includes a song by Meg about her own alcoholism. Includes listener phone-in comments. Produced by Karla Tonella. Engineered by Chana Wilson. Technical note from Wilson: Aircheck. Levels too low...a whole lot of studio noise, needs everything possible, but worth it for the content. I keep telling them those are the wrong mics but what do I know, I'm not techie (sic). From label: "What do you know about alcoholism in general and how it affects lesbians specifically? What is a co-alcoholic? What games do alcoholics play with themselves? Is there a double standard for men and women alcoholics? What is alcoholism anyway? The program includes several women speaking about their alcoholism, phone-ins, and Meg Christian singing about her own alcoholism. The references to the San Francisco Bay Area at the end can easily be edited. A moving discussion. Produced by Karla Tonella, KPFA, 1979." Lesbe Friends was a program that was put together by the Lesbian Task Force of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. |
Noolen, Ann., Malcolm, Bonnie., Cantu, Celinda., Christian, Meg, Alcohol and women., Alcoholics -- Psychology., Lesbians -- Alcohol use, Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0293 | Lesbians and alcoholism / produced by Karla Tonella |
| Yelena Zeltin interviewed by William Mandel |
William Mandel interviews, in English, Professor Yelena Zeltin of Moscow, speaking of her life: her parents were revolutionaries exiled to Siberia under Tsar, and Zeltin was thus born in Siberia; her mother is Jewish, her father Latvian. Her husband died as a result of World War II hardships. Very human, interesting life. ,Previously attributed to the series "Soviet scene," another series by William Mandel. |
Zeltin, Yelena., Latvians in foreign countries., World War II -- Soviet Union., Jews in the Soviet Union., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | AZ0317 | Yelena Zeltin interviewed by William Mandel |
| Central Asian woman interviewed by William Mandel |
On the previous episode of Soviet Lives, William Mandel interviewed a 16 year-old girl at her home in Samarqand (AZ0355). Her family were friends of a Russian journalist, whom was also an associate of Mandel. The two journalists were invited to the family's home for dinner. While the father, a college teacher, prepared the meal in the kitchen, Mandel interviewed the mother, who is Uzbek by nationality. They discuss their Jewish relatives, co-workers, and neighbors; the relationship between Israel and the Arab countries in the Middle East. The Russian track of the interview is played in the right channel, English translation by Mandel is played in the left channel. The interview is a little less than 17 minutes, after which Mandel fields phone calls from the listening audience. ,Tape box labels this program as an episode of the series Soviet Lives, but the KPFA Folio lists it as Soviet Scene. |
Women -- Soviet Union -- History., Jews in the Soviet Union., Muslims -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) | American Women -- International women | AZ0336 | Central Asian woman interviewed by William Mandel |
| Blood ties / by Anica Mander ; produced by Michael Butler |
Anica Vesel Mander (b. 1935 - d. 2002), feminist author and professor (2014 note: founded Women's studies department at New College of San Francisco), reads from her autobiography "Blood Ties, A Woman's History" (Moon Books and Random House, 1976) about the search for her own roots. The reading is about the family's forced migration from their home in Yugoslavia to Italy and then to the United States. Reading includes 1) page 63, 1st paragraph; 2) page 76, 2nd paragraph to end of p. 81; 3) page 143, 1st paragraph to p. 147, end of 3rd paragraph & 2nd paragraph on p. 149; 4) page 167 "One day as I lay..." to end of p. 171. Contains introduction by Sarah Young. "And here is Sarah Young to introduce today's reading." Produced by Michael Butler. |
Mander, Anica., Women authors, Autobiography., Blood Ties, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, KPFA Drama & Literature department | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | AZ0338 | Blood ties / by Anica Mander ; produced by Michael Butler |
| Galicia, USSR / interview by William Mandel |
Jewish woman describes her life in Galicia (formerly "Galitsia"), Ukraine and her experiences with Ukrainians during WWII; her husband, a Jewish man discusses his experience fighting in the Soviet Army in WWII. Other people present participate in the conversation with questions and comments. A Jewish man, a weight-lifter, journalist, and former construction worker, and the man who brought Mandel to this gathering speaks on Cuba in Spanish. As with other Mandel Russian-language interviews, the Russian track plays in the right channel while Mandel's English translation plays in the left. Mandel does not offer a direct, real-time translation for the portion of the recording where the man speaks in Spanish, but paraphrases after the man finishes speaking. The interviews conclude after about 17 minutes, after which Mandel fields listeners' calls. Note on label: "Bad intro" ,Announcer introduces the program as Soviet Scene, but tape box is labeled Soviet Lives, both of which were series by William Mandel. |
Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--History, Jews in the Soviet Union., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows | American Women -- International women | AZ0351 | Galicia, USSR / interview by William Mandel |
| Young Soviet woman interviewed by William Mandel |
Unstructured interview with a 16 year-old Soviet Central Asian (Goolia Mirzaharova or possibly Gulia Muzafarova) who talks of her life, her wishes for children elsewhere in the world, and her attitude toward American Blacks. Produced by William Mandel. The Russian-language interview plays in the right channel, while Mandel does a real-time English translation in the left channel. The interview portion of the show concludes at 15 minutes 30 seconds into the recording, after which Mandel fields phone calls from the listening audience. ,Mandel's interview with her mother can be heard in recording AZ0336. |
Youth -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) | American Women -- International women | AZ0355 | Young Soviet woman interviewed by William Mandel |
| Kirghizian woman interviewed by William Mandel |
First audio heard is William Mandel introducing the phone-in portion of the show (about 9 seconds), which is cut off and there is a brief news report on the PLO's relations with Syria and Cairo, reported by Russ Stetler for Internews. At 35 seconds, an unidentified speaker announces Soviet Lives with William Mandel. Mandel says that "last week" he interviewed a Kyrgyz woman named Rosa about her mother and how she raised 12 children while maintaining a full-time job. This recording can be found at AZ0358. This week, the interview is with Rosa, regarding her own balance of child-rearing and working. Rosa is a 32-year old Kyrgyz woman from Kirghizia (now Kyrgyzstan). At the time of the interview, Kirghizia was a Soviet republic on the Chinese frontier. Rosa is a mother of three, and she discusses how she manages with her three kids while working as a tour guide, and how her husband shares in the family's responsibilities. Details on home delivery meals, costs and availability of laundry, system of after-school-hours public supervision of children for working mothers, children's attitudes toward her work, etc. The interview is conducted by William Mandel and his wife in Russian. The original audio from the interview in Russian plays in the right channel, while Mandel simultaneously translates into English in the left channel. The interview portion lasts about 18 minutes and is followed by calls from listeners. Broadcast 2/2/78. |
Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz -- Social life and customs -- 20th century, Women, Kyrgyz, Women -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Parenting and children | AZ0356 | Kirghizian woman interviewed by William Mandel |