American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
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Children of Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
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Twenty days in Santa Rita / Emily Lewis and Lillian Rubin interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Emily Lewis, public health nurse and wife of Berkeley doctor Reuben Lewis, and Lillian Rubin, research assistant in sociology at the University of California, and the wife of a Berkeley restaurant owner, talk with Elsa Knight Thompson about their jail experiences. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Rubin had just been released from Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center,…
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Fannie Lou Hamer interview
Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer, candidate for Congress and member of the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, during Hamer’s visit to Berkeley in 1965. Hamer discusses how she got involved in Freedom Democratic Party politics, the planks of the Freedom Democratic Party, and the continuing fight for voting rights and human…
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Abortion and social science / moderated by Mrs. Frances Hugle.
A panel from the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held on January 9, 1966 in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Topics discussed include the liberalization of abortion laws, the economic justification for legalizing abortions, and abortion as a folk medicine practice. The panel comprises Dr.Lucile Newman, Ph.D, anthropologist…
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A new look at abortion / W.J. Bryan Henrie.
Dr. William Jennings Bryan Henrie (1896-1972), a country doctor turned abortion rights activist after being convicted in 1962 for performing abortions, speaks at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights on January 9, 1966 in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Henrie calls for a more liberal view toward abortions,…
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Elizabeth G. Flynn interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the late chairman of the American Communist Party and a member of the party since 1927 talks with KPFA Program Director Elsa Knight Thompson about the aims and methods of the party’s political activities. They also discuss the status of the party and its members in the various cultural and geographic areas…
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Abortion and the medical profession / moderated by Harry Giaretto.
Harry Giaretto moderates this panel from the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held January 9, 1966, in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Dr. Mildred Ash, Dr. Leona Bayer, Dr. Neal Blumenfeld, and Dr. William Marsh discuss the legal and moral controversy surrounding abortion.
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The power to prescribe / moderated by Albert Fine
Rabbi Alvin Fine (b. 25 Oct. 1916; d. 19 Jan. 1999), professor of humanities at San Francisco State College referees a 3-way duel between Dr. Don Jackson, director of the Mental Research Institution at Palo Alto, Dr. Albert Long, chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Presbyterian Medial Center, and Dr. Donald…
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Bettina Aptheker interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Bettina Aptheker discusses with Elsa Knight Thompson her reasons for being a Communist Party member, her experiences as a young woman, traveling in Europe, and various related subjects. Knight mentions that it has been a year since Sproul Hall and the FSM activities, and asks Aptheker to discuss where she thinks the student movement is…