Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Lives and times of some famous and not-so-famous Black personalities / produced by Gene De Alessi. |
An audio history featuring the lives and times of some famous and not-so-famous black people. This program presents the stories of the following people: Pedro Alonzo Nino, Kid Steve Esteban, Phyllis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Gustavas Vassa (aka Olaudah Equiano), Benjamin Banneker, James Derham, Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Salem Poore, Black Sampson, Tack Sisson, Pompey, Nat Turner, Gabriel— the slave of Prosser, Denmark Vesey, Harriett Tubman, Dred Scott, Sojourner Truth, George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington. Produced by Gene De Alessi. Contains recordings of music by black composers William Dawson, Ulysses Kay, and Howard Swanson. |
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913, Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB1719.01 | |
| Women's legal clinic: December 2, 1979-Child custody |
Women's Legal Clinic aircheck. Judy Levin and Betty Levinson discuss child custody and take listener phone calls. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, CHILD CUSTODY & SUPPORT, Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Divorce -- United States., Women -- Economic conditions., Child support -- Law and legislation -- United States | American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Marriage and divorce | IZ0449.08 | |
| To do what one must / by Raya Warhaftig |
Raya Warhaftig, graduate student in Political Science at San Francisco State College, speaks on the individual's role in the world. Part of a series of lectures by San Francisco State College students exploring student concerns about American culture, politics and education. |
Philosophy., College students -- Political activity., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Students -- San Francisco (Calif.). | American Women -- Politicians and politics | BB0522.06 | |
| Annie Christmas / narrated by William Conrad. |
William Conrad narrates the story of a legendary African-American woman from Louisiana folklore. Originally broadcast on CBS on October 19, 1956. Produced by Dave Krebs. |
Folklore -- United States, Legends, Radio programs -- 1957, Conrad, William, 1920-1994, Christmas, Annie, African Americans -- Folklore, African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Folklore, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Radio | KZ0606 | |
| The prison business : an interview with Jessica Mitford / interviewed by Jan Legnitto. |
Jan Legnitto interviews Jessica Mitford (1917-1996), author of "The American Way of Death", "The Trial of Dr. Spock", and most recently, "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business". Mitford discusses the historical roots of the American penal system, the failure of corrections, plea bargaining as an example of how the system fails, "therapy" and human experimentation, and parole, reform or abolition as the answer. |
Legnitto, Jan., Prisons -- United States -- History., Judicial system -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BC1683 | |
| National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (Girls) Inc. |
This episode of Upstream is on the National Association of Colored Women's (and Girls') Clubs, Inc. (NACWC) and includes interviews with several members of the organization. The guests are Otelia Champion, President of the NACWC; Samella Burton, President of the Northeastern Federation of the NACWC; Delia H. Martin, NACWC delegate for New Jersey and Legislative and Resolution Chairperson for the conference taking place that week; and Ernestine Taylor, Treasurer of the Northeastern Federation of the NACWC. Very beginning of program is cut off. Produced by Nikki Jeter. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black women -- History., African American Women, National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | WZ0255.05 | |
| New writers forum: November 16, 1967 (Episode 2 of 7) |
New writers forum Episode 2 of 7. Robert Duncan presides in a program of readings from the 1964 Open Space Group. Includes Ebbe Borregaard, George Stanley, Joanne Kyger, and Robert Duncan (reading the poetry of Harold Dull), each taking turns. Recorded Thursday November 16, 1967 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians. |
Borregaard, Ebbe., Kyger, Joanne., Duncan, Robert Lipscomb, 1927-, Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Dull, Harold, Stanley, George, 1934- | American Women -- Poetry | BB1854.02 | |
| The Affair of Gabrielle Russier / read by Miriam Bjerre and Barbara Morris Freed. |
The story and letters of the French school teacher, Gabrielle Russier, who committed suicide after being sentenced for having an affair with one of her younger students during the turmoil of May 1968. Based on the publication by Alfred Knopf, edited from the introduction by Mavis Gallant, and read by Miriam Bjerre and Barbara Morris Freed. Produced and directed by Ruth Hirschman, technical production by Bruce Gossard. |
Bjerre, Miriam., Freed, Barbara Morris., Gallant, Mavis., Teachers -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc., Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984, Russier, Gabrielle, 1937-1969, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | BC0647 | |
| Women and childcare in China / Ruth Sidel. |
A talk by Ruth Sidel, author of "Women and Child Care in China: A Firsthand Report," published by Hill & Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. She discusses the dimensions, variety and philosophy of child care in China, and answers questions from the audience. Recorded in 1973 as an episode of Nanette Rainone's "The Women's School." |
China -- Social conditions., Children -- Care and hygiene., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- China. | American Women -- International women | BC1595 | |
| Hot flashes: women's news from Majority Report: September 7, 1977 |
Women's news and current events from the Majority Report for September 7, 1977. Hosted and produced by Viv Sutherland for WBAI's Women's Department. Topics include: Steven Goldberg, benefits of contraceptive gels, new information from the census report, abortion rights in Connecticut, New York for Employment Action Council upcoming rally for jobs, pesticides causing infertility in men, Bella Abzug calls for funds for shelter for women, Marian Sawyer and women's names used for identifying letters, sexism in shipyard jobs for women, Whole Person workshops, Women Office Workers upcoming coference, discrimination in housing against non-married women. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- Economic conditions., Women -- Social conditions., Women's mass media, Women's organizations., Reproductive rights, Women -- United States. | American Women -- Feminism | IZ1458.02 |