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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucretia Mott (Episode 4 of 14) |
Biographical sketch with dramatization of the life and actions of the feminist abolitionist Lucretia Mott. Contains a dramatization of James and Lucretia Mott hiding from the anti-abolition mob that burned down Philadelphia Hall in 1838 and a dramatic reading of Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison's motions at the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840 in favor of women as delegates. This is the fourth episode of the 14-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959. The series was written and directed by Virginia Maynard and produced by Maynard and Chuck Levy, narrated by Levy, and engineered by David Talcott. It was funded in part by the Educational Television and Radio Center in Ann Arbor and distributed nationally by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Contains sensitive language. |
Feminism, Women's rights -- United States -- History, Abolitionists--United States--Biography., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880, Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Women's history | BB0130.04 | Lucretia Mott / produced by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy (Episode 4 of 14) (CD) |
| Madame Nhu at the University of California |
MADAME NHU AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Trần Lệ Xuân (22 August 1924 – 24 April 2011), popularly known as Madame Nhu, wife of South Vietnamese Premier and de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, speaks to students at U.C. Berkeley. In this recording, we hear an introduction from Professor Robert Scalopino, chairman of the Political Science Department of the University. Includes a question and answer session, and actuality of the anti-war demonstration outside the hall. SLATE, a U.C. student group which was involved in the protest, held a rally during which Hal Draper of the Socialist Party and Leonard Glaser spoke. Announcer is Burton White, Pacifica Public Affairs. RECORDED: University of California, Berkeley on October 29, 1963. BROADCAST: KPFA, 29 Oct. 1963. |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011, Draper, Hal., Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- Berkeley (Calif.), Glaser, Leonard, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Vietnam conflict | BB0645 | |
| 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 |
| Majority report, (November 1984?): Women's movement reactions to Reagan election |
Majority report, 1984. Clips of various members of the women's movement responding to President Reagan's re-election (none identified). Likely a production reel, not a complete episode of Majority Report. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio news programs | American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0642.15 | |
| Majority report, August 20, 1987: Temporary workers and South African women's day |
Production reel from Majority Report, August 20, 1987. Segments: 1. Jane Walsh, co-producer of Australia Public Radio's "Women on the Line," interviews three members of Orange Action, a group to help Vietnamese women cope with the effects of war -- 2. Filipina feminists Nelia Sancho from the GABRIELA Women's Party and Aurora "Oyie" de Dios from Miriam College discuss their disenchantment with Philippines president Corazon Aquino and the increase in activity by government-sanctioned vigilantes there -- 3. Clips from a rally protesting the Catholic Church's stance on homosexuality (not introduced, no date or location given) -- 4. Irene Natividad, Chair of the National Women's Political Caucus, speaks by phone about how candidates must address a variety of issues to win support from the NWPC -- 5. Janice Windborne interviews Dr. Gerald Bernstein, professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Southern California, discusses his research on AIDS-barrier contraceptives and attests to the reliability of condoms -- 6. Maura Seeling[sp?] reports on U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson's ruling that subjecting homosexual applicants for "secret" and "top secret" security clearances to stricter investigations than other applicants is unconstitutional; contains phone interview with Urvashi Vaid, public information director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force -- 7. A report on women in the temporary help industry, or "temping", by Mary Van Clay; features interviews with Deborah Meier and Virginia DuRivage of 9 to 5: the National Association of Working Women -- 8. A report on the August 9th rallies for International Day of Solidarity with South Africa in Pretoria; features a speech by Susan Mnumzana, secretary for the Women's Association of the African National Congress. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio news programs, Walsh, Jane, Sancho, Nelia, Javate de Dios, Aurora, Vaid, Urvashi, Windborne, Janice, Bernstein, Gerald, Natividad, Irene, Meier, Deborah, DuRivage, Virginia, Mnumzana, Susan, Van Clay, Mary | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Health, American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0642.14 | |
| Majority report, December 2, 1982: Tina Fishman, Bay Area women in music |
Reyna Cowan and Pam Scola host Majority Report, December 2, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up -- 2. Marci Lockwood reports on the case of Tina Fishman, member of the Revolutionary Communist Party who lost custody of her daughter to her ex-husband for what she maintains are her political beliefs; features interviews with Fishman and Paul Wolf, her lawyer -- 3. Roxanne Merryfield interviews Gaynell Toler, president of Bay Area Women in Music. The final segment, a full report on the recent debate which took place in San Francisco between Mother Jones editor Deirdre English and Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly, is introduced but not included on PRA's copy of this program. Engineers are Sandy Thompson and Ginny Z. Berson, with Marci Lockwood as board operator. Theme music by Laurie Spiegel. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cowan, Reyna., Scola, Pam., Lockwood, Marci, Merryfield, Roxanne., Rogers, Gaynell Toler, Radio news programs | American Women -- Radical Feminism, American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Law | AZ0642.11 | |
| Majority report, December 23, 1982: Tara Burke, Kitchen Table, Gay and Lesbian studies at UCB, reparations |
Peggy Bray and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, December 23, 1982: Segments: 1. News wrap-up -- 2. Peggy Bray reports on sexual abuse of children in light of the Tara Burke case; contains an interview with a survivor of childhood sexual abuse -- 3. Ginny Z. Berson interviews Barbara Smith, Black lesbian-feminist activist and writer and one of the founders of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press that promotes the writing of women of color -- 4. Karen Sundheim speaks with Peggy Kreskoff[sp?] and Graham Perry of the Gay and Lesbian Union at UC Berkeley about their attempts to organize a multicultural gay and lesbian studies program at the school -- 5. Report on the International Tribunal on Reparations for Black People which took place November 13-14 in New York City; contains an excerpt from health activist Dr. Ebun Adelona's testimony at the Tribunal. The final segment, produced by Reyna Cowan about women in rugby, is introduced but is not included on PRA's copy of this recording. Theme music by Laurie Spiegel. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bray, Peggy., Berson, Ginny Z., Smith, Barbara, 1946-, Adelona, Ebun, Sundheim, Karen., Perry, Graham, Radio news programs | American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0642.13 | |
| Majority report, December 4, 1982: Barbara Christian |
Barbara Christian (1943 - 2000) delivers a speech as part of the lecture series on "Gender, Race and Class in Society" sponsored by the Center for Research on Women (CROW) at Stanford University, April 1982. Christian is chair of the Afro-American Studies Department at UC Berkeley and author of "Black Women Novelists, 1892-1977: the Development of a Tradition" (Greenwood Press, 1980). In this speech, Christian discusses the tradition of Afro-American women poets, and reads from the works of Alice Walker and June Jordan. Aired as part of the Woman's Magazine program on December 4, 1982. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000, African American women poets, Stanford University. Center for Research on Women | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0642.12 | |
| Majority report, February 18, 1982: Shirley Chisholm and Maya Angelou #1 |
Sherry Krynski and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report for February 18, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up -- 2. A report by NPR's Jo Ann Allen on Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY), who the week before had announced her retirement from politics, followed by an interview with Chisholm -- 3. The first part of a three-segment interview with Maya Angelou by NPR's Brenda Wilson, about her life and work -- 4. A brief tribute to opera singer Marian Anderson on the occasion of her 80th birthday, including Anderson performing the gospel song "Hold On" -- 5. Calendar of community events. A final segment, titled "On the Edge" about women over the age of forty, is introduced but not included on PRA's copy of this recording. Executive producer Karla Tonella, theme music by Laurie Spiegel. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, Angelou, Maya, Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993, Tonella, Karla., Krynski, Sherry, Berson, Ginny Z., Radio news programs | American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0642.04 | |
| Majority report, February 25, 1982 |
Julia Randall and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, February 25, 1982. 1. News wrap-up -- 2. A look at the civic and political life of Black women in Victorian America, the period known as the "Gay Nineties", a short condensation of a longer Women's Magazine program, "19th Century Black Club Women," that aired the following Saturday, February 27, 1982 (produced by Karla Tonella, with Barbara Christian, head of Afro-American Studies at UC Berkeley) -- 3. The last of a three-part interview with poet, activist and singer Maya Angelou by NPR's Brenda Wilson, about her book The Heart of a Woman -- 4. A report by Sheila Bowman on why the medical profession is still pushing for women to bottle-feed instead of breast-feed their babies, featuring an interview with Lois Salisbury, a lawyer from Public Advocates in San Francisco. The final segment, on women in rugby, is introduced but not included on PRA's copy of the recording. Executive producer Karla Tonella, theme music by Laurie Spiegel. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Randall, Julia., Berson, Ginny Z., Angelou, Maya, Tonella, Karla., Bowman, Sheila, Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000, Salisbury, Lois | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women's history | AZ0642.05 |