American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Pregnancy (Part 2 of 2)

    Know your body: Pregnancy. This is the seventh of eight lectures in a course on women’s health given at the Women’s Medical Center in New York City in spring 1972. In this program on pregnancy, Judy Graham of the Women’s Medical Center introduces speakers Joan Haggerty and Carol Gingold. This lecture was recorded May 25,…

  • Interview with members of NOW-New York Chapter

    Judy Pasternak interviews two members of the New York chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW) about the organization and why they each joined it. The guests are Noreen Connell (1947 – ), president of New York Chapter of NOW, and Cathy Roche(Raush/Rauch/Rouch), who is running for president of NOW-NY. Date of broadcast unknown…

  • Interview with Brett Harvey of The Feminist Press

    Eileen Zalisk interviews Brett Harvey of the Feminist Press, founded in 1970 in Baltimore, MD and now located in Old Westbury, NY. They discuss the founding and history of the press and what books the press has and is publishing.

  • Women in classical music (Episode 3, Part 1)

    Jeannie Poole plays pieces by contemporary American women composers. Tape reel label says: Tape 1 / Women in Classical Music / Jeannie Poole.

  • Aphra speaks – December 8, 1972

    Aphra Speaks was a series on WBAI wherein the editors of Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine discuss authors and literature. On the previous episode, broadcast in November 1972, the Aphra editors discussed Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth, asking why feminists have been attracted to these novels. In this program,…

  • Women Against War – Williams, Steinem, Mahoney (Part 2 of 3)

    Tape label: Women Against War 6/10/80. Tape 2 of 3. Williams, Steinem, Mahoney for Kane. Gloria Steinem and Dr. Francis Mahoney.

  • The role of women, the family, and religion in the 1980s

    On October 4, 1980, WBAI held a special day of programming, examining political trends and what was starting to be called “The New Right.” In this program, Mimi Rosenberg speaks with Rhonda Copelon and Atina Grossmann about the role of women, the family, and religion in contemporary American society. Grossmann writes about the sex reform…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: June 17, 1977

    Women’s news and current events from Majority Report for June 17, 1977, hosted by Nancy Boreman. Topics include: Traditional American Families / Parker: “male head of family needs the opportunity to work.”; New York Marriage Contract revealed; The SCUM Manifesto-Valerie Solanas; Upcoming NOW-NY march, Lesbian pride week events; other upcoming women’s events; women’s weight training;…

  • The extinction of Black women

    An informal discussion by three Black women from the New York Black Feminist Counseling Collective, sponsored by the WBAI Women’s Radio Workshop, concerning what the group calls the extinction of Black women. The discussion centers on attacks on Black women, impediments to survival, and expanding Black women’s political consciousness. The three women are Lavidia Penson[sp?],…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: September 7, 1977

    Women’s news and current events from the Majority Report for September 7, 1977. Hosted and produced by Viv Sutherland for WBAI’s Women’s Department. Topics include: Steven Goldberg, benefits of contraceptive gels, new information from the census report, abortion rights in Connecticut, New York for Employment Action Council upcoming rally for jobs, pesticides causing infertility in…