American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Samille Gooden interviewed by Angela Davis

    Angela Davis speaks with Samille Gooden, president of local 1695 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), on Black women in the labor movement.

  • Julia / by Lillian Hellman ; read by Helen Mickiewicz

    A dramatic reading of “Julia” written by Lillian Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984). The story is contained in her book of memoirs entitled “Pentimento” published in 1973. Read by Helen Mickiewicz of KPFA.

  • A condemnation of sociobiology / Dr. Seymour Washburn ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett.

    Dr. Seymour Washburn, professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley, attacks the field of sociobiology. Much of the speech focuses on a critique of E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, the chief proponent of the field of sociobiology, who wields evolutionary arguments to support the ascription of genetic bases to human behaviors. This approach has…

  • Dr. Lily Golden-Hanga / interviewed by William Mandel

    Autobiographical interview in Moscow with Dr. Lily Golden-Hanga, a Black woman born in the U.S.S.R. of U.S. parentage; mother New York Jewish, father a Tuskagee graduate who in 1931 organized 16 Black Americans with knowledge of modern agriculture to teach it to the colored people of the Soviet Union. Dr. Golden-Hanga got her Moscow PhD…

  • Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Arts / produced by William Mandel

    Interview, done in Baku, Azerbaijan, on shore of Caspian Sea, September 1977, with two women: first the director of block-square Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Arts, second a museum tour guide and director of a TV show on the arts. The former is the daughter of school teachers who were the first generation of educated…

  • The music of Margaret Fabrizio and Elinor Armer / produced by April McMahon (Episode 29)

    This episode of Focus on Women Composers features harpsichord music composed by Margaret Fabrizio and Elinor Armer, recorded on October 29, 1976 at 1750 Arch Street in Berkeley, which is now the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies. Bob Schumacher is recording engineer. Presented and produced by April McMahon. Margaret Fabrizio is a harpsichordist…

  • The Elizabethan Trio in performance / produced by April McMahon (Episode 24)

    This episode of Focus On Women Composers presents the Elizabethan Trio, a Bay Area group which performs works from the Elizabethan period and other early musical periods. This program set by the Elizabethan Trio is called “Eight Extraordinary Women program.” This program consists of selections of poems, songs, writings, and keyboard works all produced by…

  • Lois Ann Thomas / produced by Joan Medlin (Episode 20)

    Feminist folksinger and composer Lois Ann Thomas has long been performing her music for the women’s community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two of her performances were recorded live with a grant from the California Arts Council; the first set was recorded at The Bacchanal, a woman’s bar in Albany, California in February 1977;…

  • Hedy West / produced by Joan Medlin.

    Hedy West presents songs by and about women, beginning with two of her own, and including many traditional pieces, which are played by West on banjo. Songs featured in the program include When I die; There’s anger in the land; Poor miner’s farewell; Babies in the mill; A single life; Single girl; The whore’s lament;…

  • Katrina Krimsky / produced by Susan Sailow

    This episode features the music of Katrina Krimsky, a Bay Area composer, musician, and teacher. Includes an in-studio interview with her. Produced and presented by Susan Sailow. Engineered by Joan Medlin. Music recorded by Tony Ferro, except for “Grace.” Made possible by a grant from the California Arts Council. Self-contained. Track list: 1. continuity —…