Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Kyrgyz woman interviewed by William Mandel |
Rosa, a Kyrgyz woman in her thirties, describes how her schoolteacher mother managed to raise 12 children, details the government's assistance, the fact that several brothers and sisters, including herself, are college graduates, and answers the typically American question of William Mandel and his wife Tania about whether so many kids don't make a woman a brood-sow and don't adversely affect her heath. The following week, Mandel broadcast the continuation of the interview with this woman, which can be found in AZ0356. ,Previously titled "Soviet woman interviewed by William Mandel." |
Women -- Soviet Union., Women, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz -- Social life and customs -- 20th century, Mothers -- Soviet Union, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Parenting and children | AZ0358 | Kyrgyz woman interviewed by William Mandel |
| The Debt trap / Cheryl Payer interviewed by Laurie Garrett |
Cheryl Payer, author of "The Debt Trap" and member of the Rome Declaration Group, gives a critical analysis of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, how loans disrupt developing economies, solutions to world poverty. |
International Monetary Fund, Payer, Cheryl, 1940-, Third World -- Economic conditions., Economic assistance -- Third World., Financial institutions, International., Women economists., Loans, Foreign., International finance., Rome Declaration Group, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0367 | The Debt trap / Cheryl Payer interviewed by Laurie Garrett |
| Teurai Ropa interviewed by Laurie Garrett |
Teurai Ropa (Amai Joice T.R. Mujuru) discusses the Zanu women's movement in Zimbabwe and her role in it. Ropa, 25 years old at the time of the interview, was Secretary of Women's Affairs in Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), a member of the ZANU Central Committee, and a field commander with Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) with eight years of combat experience behind her. Interview by Laurie Garrett, 1979. End of recording includes suggested intro and outro to the program. |
Ropa, Teurai., Garrett, Laurie, Women's movement -- Zimbabwe., Women -- Zimbabwe., Mujuru, Amai Joice T. R. (Amai Joice Teurai Ropa), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Zimbabwe African National Union | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0393 | Teurai Ropa interviewed by Laurie Garrett |
| Women organizing for decent housing / produced by Peggy Bray and Ann Arbogast |
This program focuses on how single mothers and Third World women are being threatened by discriminatory trends in the Berkeley housing market, through interviews, drama, music, and commentary. The program talks about Berkeley, but the same info applies to L.A., St. Louis, Washington, DC, or wherever. Contains actualities and music. Produced by Peggy Bray and Ann Arbogast, and engineered by Karla Tonella for the KPFA Women's department. |
Minority women -- United States., Minorities -- Housing -- Berkeley (Calif.)., Discrimination in housing -- Berkeley (Calif.)., Sex discrimination against women -- Berkeley (Calif.), Women -- Housing -- Berkeley (Calif.)., KPFA Women's Department, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0404 | Women organizing for decent housing / produced by Peggy Bray and Ann Arbogast |
| Soviet nuclear power plants / Helen Caldicott interviewed by William Mandel |
Dr. Helen Caldicott talks of Soviet nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons, SALT II, and Afghanistan. The distinguished Australian medical researcher, now living in the United States, visited the USSR last Fall with a delegation of the American Friends Service Committee. This Quaker group had very high-level talks in the USSR, going frankly into many questions not usually discussed except in negotiations between governments. She was interviewed by William Mandel in January, after Soviet forces were sent into Afghanistan. On nuclear power she takes a tough position in opposition to Soviet development, which is going ahead. She believes SALT II is necessary, more than ever before, after the Afghan events. She also discusses the US-NATO decision to place in Europe for the first time rocket and cruise missiles capable of reaching the USSR itself from there. |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Defenses., Caldicott, Helen, Mandel, William M., Nuclear disarmament., Nuclear power plants -- Soviet Union., Antinuclear movement, Disarmament., SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks)., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ0405 | Soviet nuclear power plants / Helen Caldicott interviewed by William Mandel |
| The Dinner Party / Judy Chicago interviewed by Karla Tonella |
Feminist visual artist Judy Chicago, one of the founders of the Women's Building in Los Angeles and author of "Through the Flower" talks with Karla Tonella, KPFA, about her exhibit "The Dinner Party." In the making for five years, "The Dinner Party" is a major piece of sculpture that encompasses the history of western women from the beginning of time using traditional crafts and symbols as well as the new technology and feminist ideas. None of the controversy surrounding the project is discussed. Chicago explains that there are three parts to the project: the exhibition itself, the book she wrote that relates to, explains the piece, and is itself another expression of the information, and the film made by Johanna Demetrakas, who made the Womanhouse film and who had been filming the project for two and a half years and will produce a feature color documentary, which deals not only with the making of the piece but also the relationship between the past and the present and the experience of working on the project. Chicago also gives a full, illustrative description of the physicality of this exhibition, which premiered at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in March, 1979. They also discuss the status and experience of women in the art world. Interviewed and produced by Karla Tonella, February 1979. |
Chicago, Judy, 1939-, Women in art., Women artists, Feminism, Sculpture., Fiberwork., Chicago, Judy, 1939- Dinner party, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Art and artists | AZ0295 | The Dinner Party / Judy Chicago interviewed by Karla Tonella |
| Always a bridesmaid, never a groom / Robin Tyler interviewed by Denise Wagner |
An interview with Robin Tyler by Denise Wagner. She talks about her background, how she got started as a stand-up comic, and some of their political views. With generous sprinklings of excerpts from Robin's new album on Olivia Records, "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Groom." Recorded June 16, 1979. Notes on label: "References to Dan White, gas lines, rent control, Diane Feinstein. Very entertaining." |
Tyler, Robin., Comedians., Women entertainers., Always a bridesmaid, never a groom, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lesbians | American Women -- Comedians, American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0296 | Always a bridesmaid, never a groom / Robin Tyler interviewed by Denise Wagner |
| Doomsday / Helen Caldicott |
Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks before the American Association for Advancement of Science and Physicians for Social Responsibility, recorded January 5, 1980. Caldicott, a pediatrician and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, gives her horrifying account of what the world will be like after a nuclear war, giving examples of the radiation disease resulting from the bombs dropped on Japan, citing the medical conditions of citizens of Hiroshima. Then she gives some chilling statistics about bombs and who makes them, and detente. Note on label: Use as emergency back-up during teach-in. Ends with applause, requires intro. |
Caldicott, Helen, Peace., World politics -- 1975-1985., Radiation -- Physiological effect., Nuclear disarmament., Detente., Antinuclear movement, Nuclear warfare -- Forecasts., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, KPFA Stop The War Teach-In | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ0421 | Doomsday / Helen Caldicott |
| Older men, older women / Lucy Forrest (April 22, 1980) |
This program, part of KPFA's regular series for and about the elderly, is an interview by Harry Sheer and Teddy Lewis with Lucy Forrest. Forrest recently returned from a visit to Vietnam and Cambodia (Kampuchea). She went to those two countries as a representative of both the International League for Peace and Freedom, and the East Bay Women for Peace (a San Francisco Bay Area group), after receiving an invitation from the Vietnam Women's Union. In the show, Forrest recounts her impressions of life in Vietnam and Cambodia. Harry Sheer gives an announcement at the beginning of the program about Mama O'Shea, host of Shoutin' Out, and her recuperation after a serious operation. After an initial interview portion, Sheer and Forrest respond to listener's phone calls for the last 15 minutes of the program. Broadcast: KPFA, 22 April 1980 |
Cambodia -- Description., Forrest, Lucy., Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hội liên hiệp phụ nữ Việt Nam (Vietnam Women's Union), Radio call-in shows | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ0428 | Older men, older women / Lucy Forrest (April 22, 1980) |
| Gay and pregnant: interview with expectant lesbian mother / produced by Philip Maldari |
A gay lifestyle does not necessarily exclude parenthood. Many gay men and lesbians were parents before they came out, and today some have chosen to have children after coming out. Philip Maldari interviews an expectant lesbian mother about her feelings about family, parenting, and artificial insemination. Phil also shares his feelings about being a donor. Note on label: Self-contained. Needs disclaimer. There is an explicit description about the process of artificial insemination so if your community is not going to like sex education over the air, don't get this one. No actual Carlin words but penis and vagina are used. |
Lesbians, Pregnant women -- Personal narratives., Gay parents., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children | AZ0430 | Gay and pregnant: interview with expectant lesbian mother / produced by Philip Maldari |