American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
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Fraud in the sciences / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 4)
An examination of fraud, fudging, and stretching the truth in the sciences. Includes interviews with Dr. Leon Kamin of Princeton University, who exposed the fraud of Dr. Cyril Burt (father of the genetic theory of intelligence), physicist Norman Milleron, anthropologist Dr. Laura Nader, and Dr. DeWitt Stetton of the National Institute of Health. Also contains…
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A visit to the Stanford Primate Research Center / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett
The Stanford Primate Research Center houses primates in a natural-like habitat and provides research in primate development and behavior, significantly female dominated social groups, in squirrel monkeys, rhesus monkeys, and chimpanzees. This is a documentary on the Center and includes interviews with director Dr. Seymour Levine and Dr. Christopher Coe. Produced by Laurie Garrett and…
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Ms. Schroeder goes to Washington / Patricia Schroeder interviewed by Tim Rosenfeld
Patricia Schroeder (July 30, 1940- ) was a Denver, Colorado lawyer who ran an unconventional campaign for Congress and won. In a talk given in Aspen, Colorado in June 1973, she discusses the manners, customs, and pecking order of the “ego center of America,” as a woman in the House Armed Services Committee; how the…
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Women in the colonies. (Episode 2 of 3)
“Pa’lante” is a radio series by the Young Lords organization, an organization of activists dedicated to human liberation and the independence of Puerto Rico. This episode features women members of the Young Lords organization–Myrna Martinez, Iris Benitez, Iris Morales-Luciano, and Denise Oliver, discussing the social problems they face living in New York City.
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Mrs. Sherri Finkbine at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights
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Do working girls lead a glamorous life? / produced by Susan Anderson.
Susan Anderson’s documentary about the lifestyle of prostitutes. Includes interviews with Buffy (no last name given), organizer for California Association for Trollops (CAT); an anonymous street walker working in Los Angeles; Chris Becker, who works with prostitutes through GROW, an organization based in Hollywood; Margo St. James, founder of the prostitutes’ advocacy group COYOTE (which…
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Open every eye / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy
This is a documentary/collage on Ireland, quick scan past and present, from 1169 to the Easter Uprising of 1916, with music, poetry, actualities from the Irish Republican Army, the Civil Rights Association, and the women’s movement, an analysis of the present society in the ‘free’ South, then a look at the situation in the North.…
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The Big swindles / produced by David Burket and Susan Richman.
“1976 THE BIG SWINDLES” produced by David Burket and Susan Richman. A somewhat sardonic look back at the news events of the bicentennial year 1976, and examination of what has happened in relation to these events, since. Topics include: Congressional sex scandals, Earl Butz, ERA and abortion legislation, the Moonies, the swine flu epidemic, and…