Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Maureen McIlroy reads |
Maureen McIlroy reads two short stories: "War" by Luigi Pirandello, and "Near a church" from "Let us now praise famous men" by James Agee. |
Agee, James, 1909-1955, McIlroy, Maureen., Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936., Short stories., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BB5524 | |
| The demonstrations (Episode 3 of 5) |
The third in a series of five parts produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This program concerns civil rights demonstrations in Tuscaloosa. This series was lightly edited and re-broadcast in July and August 1970 (according to folio) for comparison with her new series (upcoming in September 1970, according to folio) entitled "You must go home: 1970." (Archive #BC2793). This recording was previously numbered as BB3864.08. |
Tompkins, Marcia., Racism., Civil rights demonstrations, Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., Racism -- Alabama., Women journalists., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB3864.03 | |
| Siv Cedering Fox reads her poetry |
Poet Siv Cedering (Fox) reads selections of her poetry. Siv Cedering Fox was born in Sweden, has lived in the United States for many years, and writes in English and Swedish. She is the author of three books of poetry: Cup of cold water, 1973; Letters from the island, 1973; Mother is, published by Stein and Day, 1975. She is the translator into Swedish of an anthology of American Indian poetry, and into English of two Swedish poets, published in 1974, the same year in which a volume of her prose From Helga was also published. The host is Paul Oppenheimer. |
Cedering, Siv, Poetry -- Women authors., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BC2997 | |
| Crescent Park: integrated housing / Alan S. Maremont and Richard Bentley interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson |
Alan S. Maremont, San Francisco director of the Kate Maremont Foundation and Richard Bentley, project manager of the new Crescent Park integrated housing development in Richmond, California talk with Elsa Knight Thompson. This program regards Multifamily Rental Housing for Moderate Income Families (Section 221(d)(3) and (4)) a.k.a. HUD (housing and urban development). |
Maremont, Alan S., Thompson, Elsa Knight, Bentley, Richard., Housing policy -- Richmond (Calif.)., Discrimination in housing., Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), Crescent Park apartments, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB2326 | |
| ...What time of night it is (Part 1 only) |
"...What time of night it is" by Patricia Horan & Marjorie DeFazio is a woman's history musical. It has 16 songs, and the outrageous, revolutionary words of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Sanger, and a dozen other fascinating women. Singer/guitarist is Hilary Morgan. The cast includes: Natalie Gray, Holly Thuma, Mary Baird, Elissa Napolin, Anne West, Tom Crisp, and Sarah Twohy. The complete program also featured interviews with currently active feminists (Susan Brownmiller, Cristian Comer, Bella Abzug) following the 90 minute musical, but the Archives only has Part 1 of the musical (48:34). Parts 2 and 3 are missing. Edited and approved for broadcast by Marjorie DeFazio. Master by Miles Smith. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women's history, Truth, Sojourner, -1883, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, SANGER, MARGARET, 1879-1966. | American Women -- Women's history | IZ1356 | |
| Helen Hooke's Band plays live on Mother's Day |
Helen Hooke's Band plays live on Mother's Day, year and venue unknown. You Dream My Dream and Magic are among the songs performed. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hooke, Helen, Scalfi, Sindy, Women musicians. | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1658 | |
| The New woman / introduced by George Frankenstein. |
A panel discussion on the subject of "the new woman," with Stephanie Mills of Planned Parenthood, Mimi Kaprolat of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Patricia "Pat" Maginnis of the Association to Repeal Aborton Laws, and Alvin Duskin, San Francisco manufacturer of women's clothing. The evening was moderated by Eugene Schoenfeld, otherwise known in his San Francisco Chronicle column as Dr. Hip-pocrates. Schoenfeld is introduced by George Frankenstein, President of the Young Adults Division of the Jewish Welfare Federation, sponsors of the event. The first reel of this program contains the panel; the second reel contains the ensuing question-and-answer session. |
Women's movement, Maginnis, Patricia Therese, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Schoenfeld, Eugene., Duskin, Alvin, Frankenstein, George, Mills, Stephanie., Kaprolat, Mimi | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Anthropology and societal role | BB2463 | |
| Union Maids / Vicky Starr aka Stella Nowicki; produced by Sophie's Parlor Media Collective. |
Interview with Vicky Starr (1916-2009), featured as "Stella Nowicki" in the documentary film "Union Maids" (1976) about three Chicago women labor union activists from the 1930s. The film was based on the three women from Chicago (Stella Nowicki, Kate Hyndman, and Sylvia Woods) in the labor history book Rank and File by Staughton and Alice Lynd. The documentary featured interviews with the three women, and was produced by Julia Reichert, James Klein, and Miles Mogulescu. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1977. |
Women labor unionists., Women authors, Labor unions -- Illinois -- Chicago, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Work and unions | WZ0123 | |
| Women in Ireland / Jean Wertheimer ; hosted by Diane Feeley |
Class lecture on the status of women in Ireland, past and present, by Jean Wertheimer. Program hosted by Diane Feeley, National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY) coordinator of the Women in the Arts Committee. Produced by Viv Sutherland. |
Feeley, Diane, Women -- Ireland., Women in Ireland / Diane Feeley ; produced by Viv Sutherland., Gonne, Maud, 1866-1953, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BC2196.17 | |
| Pagan press review: Matriarchy (Episode 2 of 4) |
This second program in the series "Pagan press review" will take up the question of matriarchy, and it's relationship to Pagan beliefs and ideals. In this program you will hear readings from: portions of three articles on Matriarchy, published in the first and second issues of Nemuton Magazine; the anthropological paper by Paula Webster and Esther Newton, available in the Spring 1973 issue of Afra Magazine; quotes from Tim Zell from an unpublished paper and leaflet "An old religion for a new age". Music came from the following sources: "Cân Ceridwen" by Gwydion Pendderwen; "The Bulgarian Peasant Dance" on Monitor recordings; Tara Maya[sp?] singing "Earth Mother" and reading her poem "Woman"; "Catulli Carmina" by Carl Orff; "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John. Produced by Margot Adler. Engineering by Pete Zanger, |
Witchcraft., New religious movements., Pagan press review / produced by Margot Adler., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- New age/Wicca | BC1719.02 |