American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 4 of 12)

    This is numbered as the next (fourth) reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980, but there is no information as to whether this is accurate. Silvia Kohan performs: “Hine Ma Too” [?], “Take Back the Night”, “Fat Girl Blues”, “Gracias a la Vida”. Tape ends…

  • Puerto Rican protest theater / Cafe Teatro de Protesta

    Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement’s new nightclub, Cafe Teatro de Protesta. Includes performances by Suni Paz, Estrella Artau and Asian American singers Joanne and Cris (Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto and Chris Iijima, later known as “A Grain of Sand”). Also includes an interview with Ana Marta Morales, the Teatro’s coordinator. Produced…

  • Puerto Rican protest theater (Part 2 of 2)

    Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement’s new nightclub, Cafe Teatro de Protesta. Includes performances by Suni Paz, Estrella Artau and Joanna & Cris. Also includes an interview with Ana Marta Morales, the Teatro’s coordinator. Produced by Elena Paz and the WBAI Music Department.

  • Author Fanny Howe reads from her novel Holy Smoke

    American poet, novelist and short story writer Fanny Howe (1940 – ) reads from her novel “Holy Smoke”, just out from Fiction Collective. Produced by Susan Howe.

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 5 of 12)

    This is numbered as the next (fifth) reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980, however, according to this article: http://queermusicheritage.com/wmf-westcoast.html Terry Garthwaite performed after Gwen Avery. Notes say Garthwaite performed the following: “All Night Long”, [intro and talks about being a mother], “You Don’t Know…

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 6 of 12)

    This is the sixth reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Terry Garthwaite continues her performance with (according to note found with tape) “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”, [spacey guitar and flute], “Falling In Love(?)”, [Emergency Announcement], “This Old Heart (Wants to Love Somebody”,…

  • A reading with Marilyn Lowen

    A reading by dancer, poet, teacher, and civil rights and women’s rights activist Marilyn Norma Lowen (1944 – ).

  • Speeches for the Abortion Rights Action Coalition (Part 1 only)

    Tape of speeches for the Abortion Rights Action Coalition, used for a program “Abortion and Women’s Health” produced by Eileen Zalisk and broadcast on WBAI on November 21, 1979. The speakers are not introduced, but include a speaker from the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, a speaker from the Committee of Interns and Residents Union,…

  • Perspectives on criminal justice: Women in and after prison

    Perspectives on Criminal Justice for August 19, 1981, likely the first episode. Guest is Sister Mary Nerney, Executive Director of Project Green Hope, a residence for women who have been recently released from prison.  Host is Tom O’Connor, and they discuss women in prison and prison reform.

  • Lesbian sexuality

    This episode of the Lesbian Radio Spectacular with a Cast of Millions, hosted by Judy Pasternak, is on lesbian sexuality. The guests are Sharon, Shelley, and Melinda. Program opens with “I’d like to make love to you” by Margaret Sloan from the compilation by the Lesbian Feminist Liberation “A Few Loving Women.” There are announcements…