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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women in pre-colonial Ashanti / Dr. Shirley Strickland |
In the summer of 1978, twelve women and men, scholars from all over the U.S., met in New York to participate in a seminar on cross-cultural studies of women in society. The seminar was led by Dr. Eleanor Leacock, professor of anthropology at the City University of New York, and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This series of programs grew out of that seminar. This episode is "Women in Pre-colonial Ashanti," a talk by Dr. Shirley Strickland of Randolph Macon College in Virginia. Produced and hosted by Eileen Zalisk. |
Women, Ashanti, Menstruation (in religion, folklore, etc.)., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ashanti (African people) | American Women -- International women | IZ1406 | |
| Women in publishing / produced by Viv Sutherland. |
Presentations by eight feminist representatives of women's groups at several major publishing houses in New York City, followed by a discussion on the status of women in publishing. Bonnie Harrington from the National Organization for Women introduces the panel on sexism in the work places where text books are produced. Panelists include: Liz Gordon from Harper & Row; Miriam Hurwitz from Macmillan Publishing, Edie Kroll[sp?] from Harper & Row, Alma Graham from American Heritage and MacGraw-Hill, Kathleen Fischer from Macmillan Publishing, Peggy Lewis from Harcourt Brace, and Roz Sackhoff[sp?] from Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Produced by Viv Sutherland. |
Women's publishers and publishing., Publishers and publishing., Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects., National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Harrington, Bonnie | American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Authors and journalists | BC2196.16 | |
| Women in Russia / Diane Feeley. |
Lecturing before a class at the National Organization for Women (NOW) offices in New York, Diane Feeley discusses the role of women in Russian history. She relates the early oppression of women in old Russia, when women were nothing more than chattels to their husbands. She then describes the major feminist reforms of the early 1900's: women played a major role in the 1917 Revolution, and afterwards, helped bring about social change. However, the reforms were all obliterated with the ascension of Stalin to power in the 1930's. In modern-day Russia, many women are professionals, but as Feeley demonstrates with the modern Russian novella "A Week Like Any Other", they are still tied down to the drudgery of housework and childcare. Produced by WBAI. |
Women -- Russia., Feeley, Diane, National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.14 | |
| Women in Spain |
In this program, panelists Linda Gould Levine, professor at Montclair State College, Gloria Feiman Waldman, professor at York College, and Elizabeth Starčević, professor at City College of New York discuss the women's movement in Spain. The program was produced by Dave Metzger and Judith Murray, who was also the moderator of the panel. This program was originally aired November 15, 1977 as part of an afternoon devoted to Spain in Transition. |
Women -- Spain., Spain In Transition, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | IZ1451 | |
| Women in Spain / Lourdes Benería and Barbara Probst Solomon ; interviewed by Viv Sutherland. |
Viv Sutherland interviews Barbara Probst Solomon, author of "Arriving where we started," a political memoir of growing up in Spain in the 1940's, and Lourdes Benería, an economist born and raised in Spain, about the history of women and the women's movement in Spain. Hosted by Viv Sutherland. |
Benería, Lourdes., Women -- Spain., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Solomon, Barbara Probst | American Women -- International women | BC2196.19 | |
| Women in sports: Ultramarathoning |
Sharon Barbano interviews Marcy Schwan, one of the top female ultramarathon runners in the world. She's competed in over 20 ultramarathons, and recently set three World Records in one race. Two weeks ago she was the first woman to compete in a 6 day race since the late 19th century, and came in second place in the entire men's field. Recorded on July 28, 1981. Broadcast on July 28, 1981. |
Women athletes, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Athletes | IZ0439 | |
| Women in the American revolution / moderated by Viv Sutherland (Episode 5 of 15) |
Seminar moderated by Viv Sutherland on women during the American Revolution, produced in cooperation with the New York chapter of the National Organization of Women. Speakers include Diane Feeley; Carol Berkin, Assistant Professor at Baruch College, and author of "Within the conjurer's circle: women in Colonial America"; Irene Javors, graduate student of history specializing in the study of the history of insanity in America; Kathy Johnson Lawrence, PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center, specializing in the history of women in the Colonial family in America, and WBAI's Viv Sutherland. Sensitive language. |
Women -- History -- United States., United States -- History., Feeley, Diane, Javors, Irene., Berkin, Carol, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women's history | BC2069.05 | |
| Women in the colonies. (Episode 2 of 3) |
"Pa'lante" is a radio series by the Young Lords organization, an organization of activists dedicated to human liberation and the independence of Puerto Rico. This episode features women members of the Young Lords organization--Myrna Martinez, Iris Benitez, Iris Morales-Luciano, and Denise Oliver, discussing the social problems they face living in New York City. |
Puerto Rican-Americans -- New York (City)., Women in the colonies., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, WBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.), Young Lords (Organization), Puerto Rican women | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- International women | BB3835.02 | Women in the colonies. (CD) |
| Women in the Judeo-Christian tradition / Rosyln Lacks |
A lecture and discussion with Roslyn Lacks, writer for the Village Voice, of the religious/cultural background of Judaism and/or Christianity and its effect on women. |
Philosophy and religion., Women and religion., Lacks, Roslyn, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Religion | BC2196.04 | |
| Women in the media |
Alternate Currents : Women In The Media. Produced by WBAI and Dave Metzger. Recorded on March 10, 1979. Host Fred Silverman speaks with Gaye Tuchman, Professor of Sociology at Queens College, and Midge Kovacs (1936-2004), former Vice President of NOW-New York, about the portrayal and employment of women in the television industry. Broadcast on March 10, 1979. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Television broadcasting -- Social aspects., Television -- Political aspects., Television -- Social aspects., Television and women, Tuchman, Gaye, Kovacs, Midge | American Women -- Film and television | IZ0541 |