Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannequins, millionettes, and women / produced by Frances Emley. |
This program explores the contradiction between the well-publicized women who are members of the "beautiful people" and women struggling for social justice. Describes the rise of models such as Margeaux Hemingway. African-American post office worker Flossie Morris speaks about the need for more Black women in the Women's movement. There is also a discussion of the idea of "Bourgeoisie feminism" or feminism for White women. Produced by Frances Emley, co-production by Andres Alegria. Musical selections provided by Margot Emley, Laurie Garrett, Maria Maquila[sp?] and Joyce Panico. Editing a little choppy. |
Women in mass media., Mass media., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Beauty and body image | AZ0002 | Mannequins, millionettes, and women / produced by Frances Emley. (CD) |
| Margaret Mead on sexual freedom and cultural change. |
A talk by Dr. Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978), noted author and anthropologist, on the shifts in culture brought about by sexual freedom, followed by a question-and-answer session. She discusses the term "sexual freedom" and its various meanings, talks about marriage in the American context, and probes the relationship between sex and marriage. Recorded in San Francisco on February 10, 1967 as part of the Forum on the Pill and the Puritan Ethic, which was sponsored by the Faculty Program Center of San Francisco State College, the Presbyterian Medical Center, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (California Section), and the Planned Parenthood-World Population League of San Francisco. Recorded by KQED-TV. |
Social change., Sex customs, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 | American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Reproductive rights | BB1647 | Margaret Mead on Sexual Freedom and Cultural Change (CD) |
| Margaret Sanger and Annie Besant: a woman's right / produced by Joanna Brouk. (Episode 7 of 7) |
Docu-drama about Annie Besant's and Margaret Sanger's fight to make methods of birth control available to the public. Prior to the middle of this century, methods of birth control were virtually unknown and information concerning contraception was considered obscene and kept from the large majority of the public. In this program we examine the efforts to bring this information to light and we discuss the lives and works of the women who made this possible. Parts of this program were particularly relevant in light of the struggle for abortion rights raging in the late 1970s. "My Fight For Birth Control" by Margaret Sanger was adapted for radio by Joanna Brouk. Annie Besant was dramatized by Wanda McCaddon. Margaret Sanger was performed by Joan Davis. Produced by Joanna Brouk. |
Birth control -- United States., Contraceptives., Women's rights, SANGER, MARGARET, 1879-1966., Social problems., Besant, Annie, 1847-1933, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0471.07 | |
| Marge Piercy: reading and thoughts |
Marge Piercy, poet and novelist, reads her poems and talks about poetry. She announces she has four books of poetry: Breaking Camp, Hard Loving, To Be of Use, and Living in the Open (at press now); and three novels: Going Down Fast (about urban renewal in Chicago), Dance Eagle to Sleep (60s youth movement) and Small Changes (10 years in life of two women friends). Reads and comments on her poems and on poetry. Poems read include "A Work of Artifice," "To Be of Use," "Athena and the Front Lines," "High Frequency," "The Friend," "Simple Song," "Gracious Goodness," "Burying blues for Janis," and "The Provocation of the Dream." Likely a copy of "Reading and Thoughts" by Marge Piercy, recorded and distributed by Everett/Edwards Inc. (Deland, FL) as part of their "Women's Studies Series" series of recordings. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Piercy, Marge., Women poets, Women writers | American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1095 | |
| Marianne Moore : reading at the University of Texas. |
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972) reads her own works at the University of Texas, Austin in collaboration with the Ruth Stephan Poetry Center at the University of Arizona. She is introduced by David Gilbert, director of the University of Texas Press. Recorded by KUT-FM, Austin, TX. |
Marianne Moore : reading at the University of Texas., Poetry., Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972, Women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BB5145 | Marianne Moore: A Reading at the University of Texas (CD) |
| Marianne Moore at Berkeley. |
Poet Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972) speaks to and reads her poems to an audience at the University of California, Berkeley. The poems Moore reads: To a chameleon -- A face -- Nine nectarines -- When I buy pictures -- Rigorists -- A carriage from Sweden -- Propriety -- Armor's undermining modesty -- (intermission) -- In distrust of merits -- The labors of Hercules -- Values in use -- What are years -- Silence -- The pot of clay and the pot of iron -- The fox and the turkeys -- The head and tail of the serpent -- The cat and mouse -- Nevertheless. She is introduced by Mark Schorer, professor of English at Berkeley. |
Poetry., Women poets, Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BB1922 | Marianne Moore at Berkeley (CD) |
| Marianne Moore reads "Spenser's Ireland" |
Poet Marianne Moore reads her poem "Spenser's Ireland." |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972, Women poets | American Women -- Poetry | AZ1421 | Marianne Moore reads "Spencer's Ireland" (CD) |
| Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin |
Mary Lou Williams Trio recorded at the Keystone Korner, with Eddie Marshall on drums, Larry Gales on bass, and Mary Lou Williams on piano. Programs opens with the song "Corny Rhythm" by Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy featuring Mary Lou Williams as pianist and composer. The life and work of African American Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is briefly introduced, then the performance of the Mary Lou Williams Trio recorded at the Keystone Korner on April 29, 1977. Program produced by Joan Medlin, engineered by Martha Oelman; recorded by the Women's Recording Group of KPFA including Vicki Herbert, Joan Medlin, Martha Oelman and Fran Tornabene. The following songs are performed by the trio: Program closes with "Overhand" by Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy. Program is completely self contained. |
Gales, Larry, Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, Marshall, Eddie., Women musicians., Jazz music., Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0080 | |
| Maxine Hong Kingston / interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz and Elaine Kim. |
Maxine Hong Kingston won rave reviews in 1977 for her book "The Woman Warrior." She has a new book "China Men." Kingston views the two books as parts of the same work, chronicling the experiences of the women and men in her family and their experiences in moving from China to America. Here she is interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz of KPFA and Elaine Kim, professor of Asian-American Studies at University of California, Berkeley. The interview covers topics such as the difficulty of adjusting to life in America, the Exclusion Laws of the early 20th Century, growing up Chinese in America, and the problems of writing ethnic literature in this country. |
Kingston, Maxine Hong., Asian Americans., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kim, Elaine. | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0469 | Maxine Hong Kingston / interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz. (CD) |
| Me Jane, you Tarzan / Elaine Morgan ; interviewed by Lois Hansen and Julia Curtis. |
If you ask any school kid what prehistoric society was like, you're sure to hear about cave men, cudgels and pulling women around by the hair. Until recently, neither children nor archeologists had attributed much importance to the role of cave women, not to mention that of she-apes, in determining the direction of pre-historic human development. Elaine Morgan, a Welsh laywoman and author of the book "The Descent of Women" (published in May) which questions the interpretations male archeologists have given to rather sketchy data and proposes what Ms. Morgan feels are more logical theories concerning the prehistoric development and the present state of humanity. The interviewers are Lois Hansen and Julia Curtis of KPFA. |
Curtis, Julia., Hansen, Lois., Archaeology and history., Women -- History -- to 500., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Morgan, Elaine, 1920-2013 | American Women -- Women's history | BC0952 |