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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women in China : past and present. |
Discussion of Chinese women's status historically and presently. This recording is Part 3 of a series of talks by Diane Feeley on Women in China, including BC2196.11. Taped on location at the National Organization for Women Center in New York. Produced in cooperation with NOW-NY. |
Women -- China., Feeley, Diane, National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.12 | |
| Women in Cuba / moderated by Viv Sutherland. |
A discussion with Margaret (Meg) Crahan, historian; Mary Lou Suhor, co-coordinator of the Cuba Resource Center; and Margarita (Samad?) Matias, anthropologist and professor of Carribbean studies at CUNY, about women's roles and the women's movement in Cuba. Hosted by Viv Sutherland. |
Samad-Matias, Margarita., Cuba -- Social conditions., Women -- Cuba -- Social conditions., Crahan, Margaret E., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.08 | |
| Women in entertainment / produced by Heather Schoen |
Documentary on women in the entertainment business through a collage of recordings of the entertainers themselves. Profiled in the program are Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Mae West, Ethel Waters, Helen Morgan, Frances Faye, Marlene Dietrich, Billie Holiday, and Belle Barth. Produced by Heather Schoen. Joe Franklin introduces a segment on the first reel, and on the third reel Lillian Herlein discusses her early vaudeville career and Paul Lipson discusses Belle Barth. |
Women entertainers., Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966, Brice, Fanny, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Vaudeville -- United States., Women comedians | American Women -- Music and musicians | BC3015 | |
| Women in films / Marjorie Rosen ; interviewed by Jena Blumenfield. |
Jena Blumenfield speaks with feminist film critic Marjorie Rosen, author of "Popcorn Venus: women, movies and the American Dream" (New York: McCann and Geoghegan, 1973). They discuss the role of women in the film industry, how most women's dialogue was scripted to be witty in the early days of talkies, how women's roles in the 1950s were retrograde, and about recently released films and their relationship to the women's movement. This is part of a film series produced by Paul McIsaac. |
Rosen, Marjorie., Film industry -- Employment., Women in films / Marjorie Rosen ; interviewed by Jena Blumenfeild., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women in motion pictures. | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Film and television | BC3033 | |
| Women in France |
Interview with French feminist Danielle Sabatier, member of the National Council of Working Women, discussing the state of the French movement after ten months of Socialist government. Interview by Kathy Ann Kersey. English translation of the interview is read by Barbara Day. |
Feminism -- France, Socialism -- France., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.22 | |
| Women in India / Laura Shapiro; interviewed by Viv Sutherland. |
Viv Sutherland interviews Laura Shapiro, feminist journalist, on the status of women in India. Recording BC2718 is a duplicate of this program. |
Shapiro, Laura., Women -- India, Feminism -- India, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.21 | |
| Women in India / Laura Shapiro; interviewed by Viv Sutherland. |
Viv Sutherland interviews Laura Shapiro, feminist journalist, on the status of women in India. Produced by Viv Sutherland. This program is a duplicate of BC2196.21. |
Shapiro, Laura., Sutherland, Viv., Women -- India -- Economic activity., India -- Social conditions., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2718 | |
| Women in Ireland / Jean Wertheimer ; hosted by Diane Feeley |
Class lecture on the status of women in Ireland, past and present, by Jean Wertheimer. Program hosted by Diane Feeley, National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY) coordinator of the Women in the Arts Committee. Produced by Viv Sutherland. |
Feeley, Diane, Women -- Ireland., Women in Ireland / Diane Feeley ; produced by Viv Sutherland., Gonne, Maud, 1866-1953, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.17 | |
| Women in Japan / Shirley Herman ; produced by Viv Sutherland. |
A discussion of the status of women in Japan with Shirley Herman, translator, who spent several years living there. No intro. Produced by Viv Sutherland. Taped at NOW-NY offices and produced with the cooperation of NOW-NY. This recording is only the first part of the presentation. Pacifica does not currently have Part B. |
Women -- Japan -- Social conditions., Herman, Shirley., Women -- Japan., National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.07 | |
| Women in media / Nicholas Johnson |
Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson speaking before the American Women in Radio and Television about some of the things Washington and the networks would rather women did not know about. Sexist hiring practices and the negative image of women in mass media are discussed. After delivering his speech, Johnson answers questions from the audience. Also broadcast on KPFA 1970-06-26 and 1970-08-27. |
Johnson, Nicholas, 1934-, Mass media -- Social aspects., Mass media and minorities., Mass media and women, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (7/96), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Work and unions | BB3953 |