Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
PRA Archive # |
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| 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 |
| 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. |
| Madeline Duckles interviewed by William Mandel |
Interview with Madeline Duckles (May 19, 1916-Nov. 23, 2013), prominent Anti-Vietnam War Older-Generation activist (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Women for Peace). She had just been to the U.S.S.R. on an invitation of their Soviet Women's Committee. She discusses SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks), etc.; her impressions of Soviet Central Asia vis-a-vis Vietnam, which she visited recently; women in the U.S.S.R., the city of Novosibirsk in Siberia, health resorts on the Ob River, |
Duckles, Madeline, 1915-2013, Women -- Soviet Union., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Novosibirsk (Russia) | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ0213 | Madeline Duckles interviewed by William Mandel |
| To Briggs or not to Briggs / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi. |
Panel discussion on the 1978 Briggs initiative to remove openly gay teachers and workers from schools. Discussion focuses on the African American viewpoint on the Briggs initiative and the impact on the African American and other low-income communities. Panel participants include Ida Strickland from the Third World Fund, Yvonne [Scarlett-]Golden, Principal of Opportunity to High School, Lee Watson of KPFA's Fruit Punch Collective and Third World Gay Caucus, Joseph Waller (aka Omali Yeshitela), Chairman of African People's Socialist Party, Robert Chrisman, publisher and editor of The Black Scholar magazine, Angela Davis of the National Committee Against Racist and Political Oppression, and Cecil Williams of the Glide Memorial Church. Moderated and produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi. Song "When Will the Ignorance End?" by Blackberri is played at the open and close of recording. |
Avotcja., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Chrisman, Robert., WILLIAMS, CECIL, 1929-, Briggs initiative., Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc., Gays -- employment -- California., Elections -- California -- 1978., Discrimination in employment -- California -- Law and legislation., Legislation -- California., To Briggs or not to Briggs / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi., Yeshitela, Omali, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0181 | |
| Julia / by Lillian Hellman ; read by Helen Mickiewicz |
A dramatic reading of "Julia" written by Lillian Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984). The story is contained in her book of memoirs entitled "Pentimento" published in 1973. Read by Helen Mickiewicz of KPFA. |
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984, American fiction -- Women authors., Radio programs -- Fiction., Julia / by Lillian Hellman ; read by Helen Mickiewicz., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0158 | |
| Tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Ed Schoenfeld. |
This is a program of music and reflections produced at KPFA by Ed Schoenfeld on the night of folksinger Malvina Reynold's (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) death. Includes two KPFA pitches by Reynolds. People who call in to share their thoughts on Malvina are Petria MacDonnell reading the epitaph Malvina wrote for herself over a year before her death; Florence MacDonald, Berkeley City Auditor and long time social activist; Tom Bates, State Assembly member from the East Bay; Country Joe McDonald; Mimi Farina; and David Dunaway. Pre-recorded songs played include Little Boxes -- Turn Around -- Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter -- Overtime -- World In Their Pocket -- The Plutonium Song -- We Don't Need The Men -- This World. The program's duration is 32:30, followed by a 1 min. 30 sec. song about KPFA called "Bag Pudding" and then a 53-second pitch from Malvina about how important it is to donate to KPFA. |
Women folk musicians, Women musicians., Folk music., Radicalism -- Songs and music., Reynolds, Malvina., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Activists | AZ0154 | Tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Ed Schoenfeld. |
| Samille Gooden interviewed by Angela Davis |
Angela Davis speaks with Samille Gooden, president of local 1695 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), on Black women in the labor movement. |
Gooden, Samille., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Labor unions -- Minority membership., Minority women -- United States., Women, Black., Women labor unionists., African Americans, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions | AZ0147 | |
| Carmen McRae / interviewed by Angela Davis. |
Jazz singer, composer and actress Carmen McRae (1920 - 1994) talks with activist Angela Davis (1944 - ) in San Francisco on November 18, 1977. The interview was recorded around the time of McRae's show at Club Mocambo in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. McRae discusses her early career as a pianist, her approach to performance, women's involvement in show business, and her experiences with Charlie Parker. The program was produced by Stephanie Allen and Angela Davis with technical assistance by David Parker for KPFA-FM. |
McRae, Carmen., Women musicians., Performing arts -- United States., Jazz music., Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0146 | Carmen McRae / Interviewed by Angela Davis (CD) |
| Sister of the road : the autobiography of Boxcar Bertha / by Bertha Thompson; produced by the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective |
This is a recording of members of the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective reading excerpts from the book "Sister of the Road," by Bertha Thompson, published in 1937 and out of print at the time the program was created. Bertha told her story to Dr. Ben L. Reitman, who wrote the introduction. The book describes socialist camps, boarding houses, prostitution, and social change. Program was produced by the following members of the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective: Ellen Dubrowin, Robin Gurse, Pat Hanley, Kathy McAnally, Rose Panico, and Linda Schiffman. Excerpts of the book, including Reitman's introduction, are read by Kathy McAnally, Linda Schiffman, Rose Panico, and Pat Hanley. Self-contained. The Archives have two versions: AZ0144(Copy 1) with music; AZ0144(Copy 2) without. |
Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Box-Car Bertha, Women authors, Tramps., Feminism and literature., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942, Prostitution. | American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | AZ0144 | Sister of the road : the autobiography of Boxcar Bertha / by Bertha Thompson; produced by the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective |
| Ben Chavis and the Wilmington 10 / Elizabeth Chavis and Helen Othow interviewed by Angela Davis |
Angela Davis interviews Mrs. Elizabeth Chavis and Dr. Helen Othow, the mother and sister of the Reverend Ben Chavis, about Ben and the Wilmington 10. First broadcast on 11/28/77, 5:00 p.m. Produced by KPFA. |
Chavis, Elizabeth., Othow, Helen Chavis, 1932-, Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Trials (Political crimes and offenses), Civil rights -- United States., Race discrimination -- United States., Blacks -- Civil rights., Wilmington 10, Chavis, Ben, 1948-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African Americans--Civil rights--History | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0138 | Ben Chavis and the Wilmington 10 / Elizabeth Chavis and Helen Othow interviewed by Angela Davis |