American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Harlem township / Herb Lambright, Kay Lindsey, and Flo Kennedy.

    Herb Lambright, writer and photographer, and Florynce “Flo” Kennedy, attorney and director of Media Workshop, discuss the origins of Harlem and its illegal absorption into New York City. Both guests argue that Harlem is a township, not part of New York City, and should therefore be granted the right to self-determination. They further assert that…

  • The role of the Black woman in America / moderated by Ed Cumberpatch ; produced by Kay Lindsay.

    Four Black women–Peachie Brooks, housewife and mother of five living in Brownsville, NY; Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, mother, actress, and Temple University and Sorbonne alum who has lived in New York and Paris; Florynce “Flo” Kennedy, attorney, director of Media Workshop and member of the Steering Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party; and Eleanor (Holmes) Norton,…

  • Trial by sex / Flo Kennedy and Ti-Grace Atkinson.

    Florynce “Flo” Kennedy (1916-2000), attorney, and Ti-Grace Atkinson of the National Organization for Women (NOW) are interviewed by Kay Lindsey about how the judical system discriminates against women. Kennedy and Atkinson how women are routinely penalized for things that men generally get away with, how this has been the case throughout history, and how race…

  • Kay Boyle interviewed by Eleanor Sully

    Author Kay Boyle (February 19, 1902 – December 27, 1992) talks with Eleanor Sully and reads from her own work. Boyle talks about her life and work, Huey Newton, the black movement, the strike at San Francisco State College, her students, and Dr. Hayakawa. She reads her short story “Black Boy” and a long poem,…

  • Conversation with Ella Leffland / interviewed by Eleanor Sully

    Eleanor Sully talks with Ella Leffland (born November 25, 1931), author of a recently published first novel, “Mrs. Munck.” Woman author discusses her life and writing and reads the prologue to the book. Mrs. Munck (1970) was made into a film adapted, directed, and starring Diane Ladd in 1995.

  • Single and pregnant / Ruth Pierce interviewed by Joan Churton

    Ruth I. Pierce, author of “Single and Pregnant,” is interviewed by Joan Churton. The two discuss the social and psychological problems of being an unmarried pregnant woman, and how a puritanical society that shies away from discussing unwed pregnancy can do a disservice to young men and women. The book is meant to provide information…

  • Life is motion / Jane Brown interviewed by Betty Roszak

    An interview with Jane Brown, dancer, choreographer, and teacher, conducted by Betty Roszak. Miss Brown talks about her recently published manual, The Evolution of Erect Human Motion, and its relationship to daily living as well as dance.

  • Lady Randolph Churchill / by Anita Leslie interviewed by Eleanor Sully

    Anita Leslie, the author of “Lady Randolph Churchill: the story of Jennie Jerome,” talks with Eleanor Sully about her recently published book. Jennie Jerome was Winston Churchill’s American-born mother and Miss Leslie is her great neice. The book was published by Scribner in 1969.

  • Something about women / read by Eleanor Sully; produced by Sue Blumenberg

    Variations on themes from Virginia Woolf, read by Eleanor Sully with the musical support of diverse poets and performers. Co-produced by Eleanor Sully and Sue Blumenberg. Excerpts from “A room of one’s own” by Virginia Woolf, “She wept, she railed” a poem by Stanley Kunitz, and “Fourth meditation” a poem by Theodore Roethke were read…