American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Washington Report: March 6, 1972

    Washington Report: March 6, 1972. Interview with Dr. Rona Fields, an American psychologist who is the first American psychologist to visit the Long Kesh internment camp in Northern Ireland. She describes the physical and psychological torture present in the camps. Includes subsequent report on House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearings on Ireland. Program is self-contained.

  • Janet Sternburg: Journal from a semi-private room

    Janet Sternburg reads her autobiographical fiction, titled “Journal from a semi-private room.” Sternburg relates her experiences as an adult spending time in hospital with an injury to her arm. Her mother also goes to hospital and is operated on for cancer. She returns for a visit to her family home.

  • Poetry reading: Barbara Holland and Paul Oppenheimer

    Barbara Holland reads selections from her book “Crises of Rejuvenation:” Crises of Rejuvenation — The inevitable knife — Not fungus, no, never that! — A tryst beneath a bird house — Autumn wizard — This certain quaintness — An abominable breakfast — Rag picker — My old friend, the sorcerer — In the cause of…

  • Women Against War – discussion (Part 3 of 3)

  • Washington Report: December 22, 1976

    Washington Report: December 22, 1976. Three segments: 1. Is the Supreme Court Against Pregnancy? Rep. Pat Schroeder discusses Court decision barring pregnant women from disability pay. (Ellin O’Leary: producer); 2. Women political activists accuse Carter of ignoring women’s interests, Gloria Steinem and others. Rep. Elect Barbara Mikulski. (Ellin O’leary: producer); 3. World Population Society: Too…

  • Frieda Aaron reads her poetry

    Frieda Aaron, Holocaust survivor, reads some of her poetry and some poetry of her sister, Estelle Glazer’s poetry. Produced by Barbara Londin, engineered by Bill O’Neill.

  • Sally George reads four short stories

    Sally George reads four short stories: Dreaming; Hard Winter; Church Music; and Peter, Peter. Also includes an interview with Allen Wolovsky. George is a writer who has been published in Ms. Magazine and Christopher Street, among other publications, and is the recipient of a CAPS Grant. Produced by Allen Wolovsky.

  • Wild Women: poetry for the Joan Little case

    Poetry reading: “Wild Women, Joan Little case”. Notes: All women’s audience, no intros, 1976. First reader unannounced, Alison Colbert? She reads two poems “Miss Rosy” by Lucille Clifton, and her own poem “How are the girls doing?” from her book of poetry “Let the Circle Be Unbroken.” Second reader unannounced, Joan Gibbs? She reads three…

  • The real Tibet

    Judith Murray speaks with Barbara Nimri Aziz, British-educated anthropologist, about the reality of her years studying and living in Tibet. Aziz spent years studying the kinship patterns, economy, and religion of the region and is the author of Tibetan Frontier Families. This program was produced by Judith Murray.

  • Sexuality and the family

    This week: Sexuality and the family with Lynne Zeavin, Howard Gatlin, and Muriel Dimen. No phone calls on this recording.