Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
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| Monogamy : does it work? / produced by Joan Lecky. |
Examination of marriage and marriage values. Includes statements by a sociologist, a divorce lawyer, a sex counselor and some people involved in open marriages. Produced by Joan Lecky with technical production by Stan Johnston. Contains sensitive language. |
Marriage -- United States., Sex customs, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Sex | BC1670 | |
| Mrs. Sherri Finkbine at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights |
Mrs. Sherri Finkbine (Sherri Chessen) speaking at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held January 9, 1966, in San Francisco, under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Recorded at the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco on January 9, 1966. Technical production by Dan McClosky. |
Finkbine, Sherri, Abortion, Conference on Abortion and Human Rights (San Francisco, 1965), Society for Humane Abortion, Thalidomide -- Personal narratives., Thalidomide, Human embryo -- Abnormalities, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Abortion, Therapeutic | American Women -- Reproductive rights | BB1412 | |
| Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Arts / produced by William Mandel |
Interview, done in Baku, Azerbaijan, on shore of Caspian Sea, September 1977, with two women: first the director of block-square Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Arts, second a museum tour guide and director of a TV show on the arts. The former is the daughter of school teachers who were the first generation of educated people in this formerly 90% illiterate, Muslim, Turkic-speaking oil country of the Soviet Union. The second, although only 30, is the daughter of illiterate peasant parents. The museum director earns twice as much as her husband. The other woman earns much less than her husband, who is a solo singer, but will earn equally when she gets her Ph.D. Interview portion contains original Russian spoken at low volume on right channel, Mandel's English translation on left channel. The interview is about 27 minutes long, and during the rest of the program, Mandel answers phone calls from listeners. Produced by William Mandel, KPFA, first broadcast 12/8/77. |
Mandel, William M., Museums -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., Baku (Azerbaijan), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | AZ0136.07 | |
| Myths of femininity and motherhood / moderated by Eve Merriam (Episode 8 of 15) |
Panel discussion about myths of femininity and masculinity in motherhood and fatherhood at the Challenge to Women: The Biological Avalanche conference held in San Francisco on January 23, 1965. The father-daughter relationship, the development of new roles for women, and the meaning of love are discussed by the panelists. The panelists are Mirra Komarovsky, professor of sociology at Barnard College; Ethel Albert, associate professor of speech at UC Berkeley; Dorothy Lee, visiting professor of psychology at Duquesne University; Thelma Shelley, wife of the mayor of San Francisco; Max Lerner, professor of American Civilization at Brandeis University; and Gail Putney, assistant professor of sociology at San Jose State College. The panelists take questions from the audience. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Komarovsky, Mirra, 1906-1999, Shelley, Thelma, Lee, Dorothy (Dorothy D.), Putney, Gail J., Lerner, Max, 1902-1992, Albert, Ethel M., Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992, Motherhood, Femininity (Psychology)., Masculinity (Psychology)., Fatherhood | American Women -- Anthropology and societal role, American Women -- Parenting and children | BB0521.08 | Myths of femininity and motherhood / moderated by Eve Merriam (Episode 8 of 15) (CD) |
| National women's organization of Nicaragua / Ivonne Siu interviewed by Norma Smith |
AMNLAE is the Asociación de Mujeres Nicaragüenes Luisa Amanda Espinoza, also known as the Luisa Amanda Espinoza Association of Nicaraguan Women. Ivonne Siu, a member of AMNLAE's commission on international relations, worked with the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional doing support work and communications, carrying messages and transporting soldiers and other Sandanists. Norma Smith interviewed Siu at AMNLAE'S national offices in Managua, Nicaragua in July 1981. They discuss the lives, problems, and hopes of women in Nicaragua. In Spanish and English. Sara Schoonmaker is the translator. Produced by Norma Smith. Contains actuality. |
AMNLAE (Association), Siu, Ivonne., Women's organizations -- Nicaragua., Women -- Nicaragua., Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Feminism -- Nicaragua | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0610 | |
| Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist |
An interview with Egyptian feminist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, conducted by Ines Rieder at the United Nations Conference on Women, held in Copenhagen in July of 1980. Dr. Saadawi discusses the woman's body under colonialism and patriarchy and about women in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Dr. Saadawi is well known in the Middle East as one of the few Arab women who, for the last twenty years, has written extensively about the problems of Arab women. She has written more than 20 books, some of them selling millions of copies. Her latest book, "The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World," was published in London by CEO Press and is available in the U.S. through the Monthly Review Press. Portions of this interview were published in the October issue of Newsfront International. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, El Saadawi, Nawal., Rieder, Ines., Feminism--Egypt., Women--Egypt--Social conditions. | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0631.05 | |
| NEW PAL / Ronald Pereira interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson |
Ronald Pereira, ex-heroin addict age 21, tells KPFA's Elsa Knight Thompson about a drug rehabilitation program which began in Santa Rita prison initiated by the inmates to help themselves, since no part of the correctional system was providing help with addiction. He describes its problems and objectives. The group is called NEW PAL, for Narcotics Elimination Work Practiced Among Losers. Pereira also explains how his addiction was handled by the judge who sentenced him, and within the prison. |
Pereira, Ronald., Drug abuse -- Treatment., Prisoners -- Medical care., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health | BB2349 | |
| New writers forum: December 28, 1967 (Episode 3 of 7) |
New writers forum Episode 3 of 7. Laura Ulewicz (May 18, 1930 - October 5, 2007) presides in a program of readings by the following poets: Sister Mary Norbert (aka Korte, Mary Norbert, 1934-), William "Bill" Anderson, Janine Pommy Vega (February 5, 1942 - December 23, 2010), and J.W. Hackett (b. 1929)--Haiku expert, and Laura Ulewicz herself. Recorded live December 28, 1967, 8:30PM at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians.
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Hackett, J.W., Anderson, William., Ulewicz, Laura., Pomy-Vega, Janine., Norbert, Mary., Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BB1854.03 | |
| New writers forum: June 10, 1968 (Episode 7 of 7) |
New writers forum Episode 7 of 7 (appeared as "Poets Theater" in folio). George Hitchcock reading with Lennart Bruce, James Tate, Lucia Matson. This program was originally broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco on June 10, 1968. The live performance also included a light show (!!). With this program KPFA's New Writer's Forum combined with the Poets Theatre, a weekly feature during the spring of 1968, at the Straight Theatre. The program is introduced by co-director of Poets Theatre, David Gitin. |
Hitchkock, George., Tate, James, 1943-, Matson, Lucia., Bruce, Lennart., Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BB1854.07 | |
| New writers forum: March 28, 1968 (Episode 5 of 7) |
New writers forum Episode 5 of 7. Lew Welch and Phillip Whalen preside over a program of poetry including themselves, David Meltzer, Charles Upton and Terrance Cuddy. Recorded at the Straight Theatre in San Francisco and broadcast live on March 28, 1968. |
Cuddy, Terrence., Welch, Lew., Whalen, Philip., Meltzer, David., Upton, Charles., Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BB1854.05 |