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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
PRA Archive # |
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| To be young, lesbian and Black in the '50s / Audre Lorde ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth. |
The writer Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) describes her experiences growing up as a Black lesbian in New York City in the 1950s, touching on subjects such as frequenting gay and lesbian bars in the Greenwich Village and communal-style living experiments. She reads excerpts from her book, Zami: A new spelling of my name: a biomythography (Persephone Press, 1982). Recorded at Hunter College in New York. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth. |
Rosenbluth, Helene, African American women authors, Women, Black -- Personal narratives., Lesbians -- Personal narratives, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | KZ1240 | To Be Young, Lesbian, and Black in the '50s / Audre Lord ; Helene Rosenbluth. (CD) |
| Women unbound |
Helene Rosenbluth and Eloise Klein Healy visited the People's Republic of China in April 1982. This program is produced from interviews they did with women in Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi'an and Beijing (Peking) about the changing lives of women in modern China. The interviews are bilingual and translated through an interpreter. The first reel of this recording features an interview with one of the leaders of the Nanjing Municipal Women's Federation. The second reel of this recording features on-the-street interviews with a variety of Chinese women - including Pei-Chin Liu(sp?), the translator who accompanied Rosenbluth and Healy - about the status of women in China. Original music from the People's Republic of China. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Eloise Klein Healy. Originally aired as an episode of Feminist Magazine as part of programming in a day-long recognition of China's May 4th Movement. The program was later rebroadcast on May 14, 1984 as an episode of Poetic License. |
Healy, Eloise Klein., Rosenbluth, Helene, Women -- China., Bilingual materials -- English/Chinese., Nanjing Women's Federation, China--History--May Fourth movement, 1919, Poetic license, Feminist magazine, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | KZ1249 | |
| Heartsounds / by Martha Weinman Lear; interviewed by Barbara Cady |
Author discusses her book "Heartsounds" (Simon & Schuster), in which explains her experiences watching her husband, Dr. Harold Lear die. Interview by Barbara Cady. |
Lear, Martha Weinman, Death in literature., Death -- Psychological aspects., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | KZ1269 | |
| Shigeko Sasamori addresses Physicians for Social Responsibility. |
Shigeko Sasamori, a "Hiroshima Maiden" who survived the dropping of the atomic bomb during WWII, discusses her disfigurement, how Mr. Norman Cousins brought her and twenty five other young women to the U.S. in 1955 for plastic surgery, and on her current life as a nurse and an ambassador. Talk delivered at the Physicians for Social Responsibility conference at UCLA, year unknown (ca. 1980). |
Sasamori, Shigeko., Nuclear warfare -- Medical aspects., Cousins, Norman., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.), Hiroshima -- Atomic bombing, 1945 -- Personal narratives. | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Activists | KZ1272 | Shigeko Sasamori address Physicians for Social Responsibility (CD) |
| The poet's voice (Episode 3) |
This is the third episode of "The poet's voice," likely KPFK broadcasted tapes of a televised program called "The poet's voice," a Theta Cable Television series from Los Angeles, 1979. The host was TV actor and poet Macdonald Carey (1913-1994) and the poets read their work in front of an audience. This episode includes readings of poetry by James "Jim" Krusoe and Eloise Klein Healey (b. 1943). |
Healy, Eloise Klein., Krusoe, James., Poetry, Modern., Women poets, Afternoon air, Carey, Macdonald, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | KZ1281.03 | |
| The poet's voice (Episode 4) |
This is the fourth episode of "The poet's voice," likely KPFK broadcasted tapes of a televised program called "The poet's voice," a Theta Cable Television series from Los Angeles, 1979 or 1980. The host was TV actor and poet Macdonald Carey (1913-1994) and the poets read their work in front of an audience. This episode includes readings of poetry by deaf poet Joe Castronovo who performs his poetry in American Sign Language while Gary Sanderson interprets in English, and Holly Prado (b. 1938). |
Castronovo, Joe, Prado, Holly., Carey, Macdonald, Poetry, Modern., Afternoon air, Women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | KZ1281.04 | |
| The poet's voice (Episode 5) |
This is the fifth episode of "The poet's voice," likely KPFK broadcasted tapes of a televised program called "The poet's voice," a Theta Cable Television series from Los Angeles, January 1980. The host was TV actor and poet Macdonald Carey (1913-1994) and the poets read their work in front of an audience. This episode includes readings by Dennis Phillips (b. 1951) and Deena Metzger (b. 1936) |
Phillips, Dennis., Metzger, Deena., Poetry, Modern., Women poets, Afternoon air, Carey, Macdonald, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | KZ1281.05 | |
| Cinderella complex / Colette Dowling interviewed by Barbara Cady |
Author Colette Dowling discusses her book "Cinderella complex" (Summit Books) with Barbara Cady. |
Dowling, Colette, Authors., Women authors, Women -- Psychology., Gender roles, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | KZ1282 | |
| Number our days / Dr. Barbara Meyerhoff interviewed by Barbara Cady |
Dr. Barbara Meyerhoff, author of "Number our days" discusses her book about the elder Jewish community in Venice, California. The book was made into a short documentary movie, which was broadcast on television, and which won an Oscar for best documentary short subject, and an Emmy for editing. Has intro theme, but no outro theme. Interviewer is Barbara Cady. |
Meyerhoff, Barbara., Seniors., Seniors -- Venice (Calif.) -- Social conditions., Women authors, Authors., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Aging | KZ1283 | |
| Women's concert (II): works by women composers at the Bing Theater |
Women classical musicians performing music by women composers. Recorded at the Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 21, 1977. Part one composers and pieces are the following: Sonata in A minor for piano / Marianne Martinez. Nocturne in B-flat for piano / Maria Szymanowska. Three etudes for piano / Maria Szymanowska. String quartet, 1931 / Ruth Crawford. Part two composers and pieces are the following: Let us walk in the white snow / Mary Howe. Two Poems by Garcia Lorca / Maria Teresa Prieto. Profiles from China / Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Part three composers and pieces are the following: String quartet in B minor / Teresa Carreno. Performers are Maurita Thornburgh, soprano; Nancy Fierro, piano; Cynthia Daley, violin; Connie Kupka, violin; Renita Koven, viola; Delores Bing, cello. David Cloud hosts. |
Martinez, Marianne, 1744-1812, Szymanowska, Maria Agata Wołowska, 1789-1831, Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901-1953, Howe, Mary, 1882-1964, Phillips-Thornburgh, Maurita, Fierro, Nancy., Daley, Cynthia., Kupka, Connie, Koven, Renita., Women composers., Women musicians., Concerts., García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936, Prieto, María Teresa, Glanville-Hicks, Peggy, CARRENO, TERESA 1853-1917., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | KZ1287 |