American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Keywords	Broadcast Date
BC2207	Anne Sexton / produced by Ruth Hirschman.	A tribute to the life and work of the poet Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974). Ruth Hirschman reads poet...	Biography, Poetry -- Women authors., Anne Sexton / produced by Ruth Hirschman., Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, 15 Feb. 1975.
BC0911	Autobiography of Mountain Wolf Woman.	Readings from the autobiography of Mountain Wolf Woman, a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) woman who tells...	Indians of North America -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mountain Wolf Woman, 1884-1960, Lamb, Trudie Ray	WBAI, 13 July 1972.
BB1800	Barbara: an in-depth study of an American prostitute / produced by Martin Varno	Folio description: "Documentary on a highly educated, intelligent woman who has chosen...	Prostitutes -- Biography., Freeman, Albert Vincent, McDaniels, Robert, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, circa December 30, 1968; KPFK, July 19, 1969
KZ1373	Battles, feats and solitude: the writings of Colette / produced by Maureen McIlroy	Dramatic documentary on the life and views of Colette and her feminist writings. An original...	Women authors -- Biography., Feminism and literature., Colette, 1873-1954, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFK, 29 Nov. 1979
AZ0338	Blood ties / by Anica Mander ; produced by Michael Butler	Anica Vesel Mander (b. 1935 - d. 2002), feminist author and professor (2014 note: founded Women...	Mander, Anica., Women authors, Autobiography., Blood Ties, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, KPFA Drama & Literature department	KPFA, August 12, 1979
AZ0623	Characters: a one woman sharing by Kathy Kendall ; produced by Karla Tonella	This is a set of monologues performed by Southern writer/actor Kathy Kendall called "...	Kendall, Kathy., Women -- Personal narratives., Women authors, Kendall, Kathryn, Kendall, Characters, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kendall, K. Limakatso	KPFA, January 30, 1982
BB1530	Daughters and rebels / Jessica Mitford ; interviewed by Sidney Roger.	KPFA's Sidney Roger interviews political activist Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996) about her...	Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Autobiography--Women authors	KPFA, 30 June 1960.
KZ2779	Edith Piaf : a tribute / produced and narrated by Ruth Hirschman	Ruth Hirschman produced and narrated this biography of French singer Edith Piaf (1915 - 1963)....	American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963, Hirschman, Ruth., Women singers--France--Biography.	KPFK, 14 July 19??.
BC0721.01	Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 1 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan	Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming...	Stewart, Elinore Pruitt, 1876-1933, Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming, Women pioneers, Women's writings., Wyoming, Women, Feminism, Women's movement, Women's diaries and letters series (KPFA), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI March 14, 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
BC0721.02	Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 2 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan	Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming...	Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming, Women's writings., Women pioneers, Stewart, Elinore Pruitt, 1876-1933, Women, Wyoming, Feminism, Women's movement, Women's diaries and letters series (KPFA), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, March 21, 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
BC0721.03	Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 3 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan	Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming...	Stewart, Elinore Pruitt, 1876-1933, Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming, Women's writings., Women pioneers, Women, Wyoming, Feminism, Women's movement, Women's diaries and letters series (KPFA), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, March 28, 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
IZ0051	Frieda Aaron, survivor / interviewed by Barbara Londin.	Frieda Aaron, a survivor of three concentration camps and the Warsaw ghetto, tells the story of...	Londin, Barbara., Aaron, Frieda., World War II -- Jews., Jews in Poland., Concentration camps -- Germany., Frieda Aaron, survivor / interviewed by Barbara Londin., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, 16 June 1977.
AZ0974	From the cancer journals / Audre Lorde.	Live readings by poet, activist and essayist Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) from her non-fiction work...	Women authors -- Personal narratives., Lorde, Audre, Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, 1978?.
AZ1109	Gertrude Stein: a feminist look at the woman and the author / produced by Linda Schiffman	A historical and critical documentary about writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Different voices...	American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946, Toklas, Alice B., Literature, Experimental., Authors -- Biography.	KPFA, May 19, 1975
AZ0471.06	Harriet Tubman / produced by Darcell King. (Episode 6 of 7)	Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and escaped to the North. Not satisfied with her own...	Women, Black -- United States., Slavery, Underground railroad., Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, Aug. 6, 1979; Aug. 2, 1980
IZ1139.01	Interview with Jean Stein, author of Edie: An American biography	David Rothenberg talks to Jean Stein (b. 1934), author of "Edie: An American Biography...	Sedgwick, Edie, Stein, Jean, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, September 30, 1982
AZ0445	Interview with Ukranian woman manager / William Mandel	23rd Annual International Women's Day Broadcast in this series. Translated interview (English on...	Mandel, William M., Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., Working classes -- Soviet Union., Women executives, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, March 10, 1980
AZ0356	Kirghizian woman interviewed by William Mandel	First audio heard is William Mandel introducing the phone-in portion of the show (about 9...	Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz -- Social life and customs -- 20th century, Women, Kyrgyz, Women -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, February 2, 1978
BC0721	Letters of a woman homesteader (Series title)	Readings of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in...	Stewart, Elinore Pruitt, 1876-1933, Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming, Women's writings., Women pioneers, Women, Wyoming, Feminism, Women's movement, Women's diaries and letters series (KPFA), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, March 1972, 1982; KPFA, 1974
AZ0978	Malvina Reynolds: I'd rather say it myself singing / narrated by Nancy Schimmel; produced by Susan Kernes	A tribute to singer-songwriter Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978). The program is comprised of a...	Reynolds, Malvina., Schimmel, Nancy., Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, Experimental music., Socialism and youth -- Personal narratives., Women musicians -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, June 19, 1982
AZ0580	Melody Ermachild, private eye / interviewed by Philip Maldari	Melody Ermachild, a forty-year old mother, describes how she got started doing private...	Chavis, Melody Ermachild, Women -- Employment re-entry., Women detectives., Pratt, Elmer Geronimo, Radio call-in shows, Jurors -- United States, Discrimination in justice administration -- United States, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978, Hell's Angels	KPFA, May 1981
BC2196.24	Midnight Baby: Dory Previn / interviewed by Viv Sutherland	INTRO: Dorothy "Dory" Previn (1925-2012) was born at midnight. Babies born at that...	Previn, Dory, Women composers -- Biography., Mental illness -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, November 21, 1976
BC0389	On Sylvia Plath	Actresses Sondra Lowell, Jay MacIntosh, Juliana McCarthy, Constance Pfeiffer, Judith Roberts,...	Poetry., Women authors, Hardwick, Elizabeth., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Plath, Sylvia	KPFK, 1 Oct. 1971.
BC1539	Other people's houses	The half-hour serial reading program “Continued tomorrow” featured “Other people’s houses” by...	Segal, Lore Groszmann, Autobiography--Women authors, United States -- History -- 1933-1945, Vienna (Austria)--History--20th century, Continued tomorrow, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, December 14-15, 1972.
AZ0471.05	Out of the kitchen and into the sweat shop : the story of working women in America / produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. (Episode 5 of 7)	A survey of the lives and works of Emma Goldman, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Jane Addams,...	Working women in America., Brouk, Joanna, 1949, Women -- Employment -- United States., Working classes -- United States -- Political activity., Great women, Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940, Jones, Mother, 1837-1930, Schneiderman, Rose, 1882-1972, Addams, Jane, 1860-1935, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, July 16, 1979.
BC2928	Portrait of an unknown lady: the life and work of Elinor Wylie / with readings by Marian Seldes.	Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes reads the words of the poetess Elinor Wylie. In this...	Seldes, Marian., Poetry -- Women authors., Authors, American -- Biography., Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, 23 Aug. 1976.
IZ1449	Rose at ninety	On her 90th birthday, a prosperous woman named Rose looks back and speaks of her life and family...	Two Lives, Oral history., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	WBAI, December 24, 1978
AZ0144	Sister of the road : the autobiography of Boxcar Bertha / by Bertha Thompson; produced by the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective	This is a recording of members of the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective reading excerpts from...	Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Box-Car Bertha, Women authors, Tramps., Feminism and literature., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942, Prostitution.	KPFA, September 28, 1973
BC0647	The Affair of Gabrielle Russier / read by Miriam Bjerre and Barbara Morris Freed.	The story and letters of the French school teacher, Gabrielle Russier, who committed suicide...	Bjerre, Miriam., Freed, Barbara Morris., Gallant, Mavis., Teachers -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc., Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984, Russier, Gabrielle, 1937-1969, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, 22 Feb. 1972; 24 Feb. 1972.
KZ0562	The Photographer as discoverer : Dorothea Lange / Milton Meltzer interviewed by Susan Anderson.	Susan Anderson interviews Milton Meltzer, writer and historian, about his book, "A...	Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009, Biography, Photography -- Biography., Women photographers., Lange, Dorothea, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFK, 13 Sept. 1978; 19 Sept. 1978.
AZ0673	The tracks of my tears: women on heroin / produced by Ginny Z. Berson	According to some sources, heroin use by women has tripled in the last decade. Why? Is "the...	Murphy, Sheila., Narcotic addicts -- Personal narratives., Drugs and women., Heroin., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rosenbaum, Marsha, 1948-	KPFA, Aug. 28, 1982.
BC2110	Virginia Woolf: voices that fly ahead / produced by Maureen McIlroy	Part one of a documentary on Virginia Woolf, her work, and her life, based on the letters,...	Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941., Women writers, Biography, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFK, May 15, 1974
AZ0702	Where I've been: writings by Valerie Miner and Sandy Boucher / produced by Julia Randall	Feminist authors Valerie Miner and Sandy Boucher read from their works on treks through time and...	Boucher, Sandy., Miner, Valerie, Women authors, Radio programs -- Fiction., Feminist literature., Women's writings., Miner, Valerie, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, September 18, 1982
AZ0462	Woman scientist interviewed by William Mandel	This episode of Mandel's focus on the Soviet Union begins with a lengthier introduction than...	Scientists -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., Seniors -- Soviet Union., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio call-in shows	KPFA, June 9, 1980
AZ0443	Woman's magazine editor interviewed by William Mandel	1. Mandel bawls out audience for its behavior the previous week* (Duration 17 minutes) 2...	Periodicals, Publishing of -- Soviet Union., Women journalists -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982	KPFA, May 26, 1980
BC2679	Women and breast cancer / Rose Kushner ; interviewed by Kathy McAnally.	Kathy McAnally talks with Rose Kushner, author of Breast Cancer, A Personal History and an...	McAnally, Kathy., Cancer, Women -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kushner, Rose, Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.	KPFA, 21 Nov. 1975.
IZ1349.04	Women and the world in the 1980s: March 26, 1982	Blanche Cook interviews Cathy Porter about her book "Alexandra Kollontai: a biography,...	American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Porter, Cathy, Kollontaĭ, A. (Aleksandra), 1872-1952, Women -- Soviet Union -- History., Women -- Soviet Union -- Political activity.	WBAI, March 26, 1982

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American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies