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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolution (Episode 5 of 14) |
On the beginnings of feminist organizing in the mid 19th century, with a dramatization of the first women's rights convention and Elizabeth Cady Stanton reading a new "Declaration of Independence for Women." Also contains readings of some of the negative newspaper coverage of the Seneca Falls Convention. This is the fifth episode of fourteen in the series. 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. |
Feminism, Women's rights -- United States -- History, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Women's history | BB0130.05 | Revolution / produced by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy (Episode 5 of 14) (CD) |
| Rickie Lee Jones / by Susan Sailow |
Susan Sailow talks about Rickie Lee Jones' life and music. Program features her eponymous debut album on Warner Brothers Records; no interview. Produced by Susan Sailow. |
Jones, Rickie Lee, Women musicians., Rock music., Women composers., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0299 | |
| Rita Mae Brown, Donna Eagles and Zoe Nawoe discuss class differences |
Rita Mae Brown, author of The Hand That Cradles the Rock, Songs to a Handsome Woman, Rubyfruit Jungle and other books, and Donna Eagles, Bay Area activist, discuss class differences, feminism, sexual orientation, power and lack of power, publishing, humor, how to build a successful movement, and more with KPFA's Zoe Nawoe. Includes phone calls from listeners. Produced by KPFA's Unlearning to Not Speak collective. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Brown, Rita Mae., Eagles, Donna | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Activists | AZ1119 | |
| Rita Morrison interviewed by Herbert Feinstein |
Dr. Herbert Feinstein talks with Rita Morrison, the Los Angeles producer of Chaim Soutine, a short film based on the life and works of the Lithuanian-French Jewish painter. The film won the Lion d'Or for best documentary at the 29th Venice Film Festival. |
Morrison, Rita., Filmmakers -- Hollywood (Calif.)., Women filmmakers., Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Film and television | BB2012.10 | |
| Robin Menken and F.T.A. / interviewed by Alan Farley. |
Robin Menken is one of the writers of "F.T.A. (Fuck the Army)," a show that starred Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, and played near military bases and the Pacific Rim. Ms. Menken talks with Alan Farley about her involvement with the show, including the feminist "takeover" of the production. She is a former member of "Second City," a satirical group, and currently with Pitschel Players. She also speaks briefly about the feminist opera she is now writing. Contains excerpts from the F.T.A. performance at intro and outro of tape. Sensitive language. |
Menken, Robin., Women comedians, Satire., Feminist theater., Robin Menken and F.T.A. / interviewed by Alan Farley., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Comedians | BC1012 | |
| Roman fever / by Edith Wharton; adapted by Erik Bauersfeld |
This is a radio play based on Edith Wharton’s short story "Roman Fever" about two middle-aged American mothers in Rome, worried about their children, themselves, and life. Adaptated for radio by Erik Bauerseld. Pat Franklyn plays Mrs. Slade; Shirley Medina plays Mrs. Ansley. Technical production by John Whiting. |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Franklyn, Pat., Radio adaptations., Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Roman fever, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Literary readings (Radio programs) | American Women -- Theater | BB2082 | |
| Rosh Hashanah through a feminist eye / Stacy Offner interviewed by Ginny Z. Berson |
On the meaning of this Jewish holiday for women, both past and present; with music. Stacy Offner, rabbinical student at the Reformed Jewish Seminary, talks about the meaning of Rosh Hashanah, both in the traditional sense and for feminists today. She also talks about the contradictions of being a Jewish feminist, and the connections Jewish women can make to their culture, history, and religion. Mixed with music. Interviewed by Ginny Z. Berson. BROADCAST: KPFA, 29 Sept. 1981. Previously cataloged as AZ0631. |
Rosh ha-Shanah., Rosh Hodesh, Offner, Stacy, Feminism, Women and religion., Women, Jewish., Jews -- Social life and customs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Religion, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0631.02 | |
| Rosie, the red riveter / William Mandel. |
Inspired by viewing the documentary The Life And Times Of Rosie The Riveter, Mandel explores the topics of women in the workforce, women in typically male-filled jobs, and unions, contrasting the status of women in the United States with that of women in the Soviet Union. Linking of fight for women's rights in the work force with communism in America. Very end of program is cut off. |
Women -- Soviet Union., Working classes -- Political activity., Communism -- United States., Women -- Employment., Women's rights, Radio call-in shows, Life and times of Rosie the Riveter (Motion picture), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Work and unions | AZ0534 | Rosie, the red riveter / William Mandel. |
| Ruthie Gorton sings her own songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld |
Ruthie Gorton is a Los Angeles based "movement singer" who has performed around the country since the civil rights movement. She sings acapella, that is, without accompaniment, about a variety of social issues and movements in the U.S. and abroad. In this program, Ruthie sings her own songs. Produced at KPFA by Ed Schoenfeld. |
Gorton, Ruthie., Schoenfeld, Ed., Political ballads and songs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians -- United States. | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0228 | Ruthie Gorton sings her own songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld |
| Samille Gooden interviewed by Angela Davis |
Angela Davis speaks with Samille Gooden, president of local 1695 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), on Black women in the labor movement. |
Gooden, Samille., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Labor unions -- Minority membership., Minority women -- United States., Women, Black., Women labor unionists., African Americans, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions | AZ0147 |