American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Cuba and gays in Cuba : part one, 1976 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective

    Andy interviews Rebecca and Carlos, who have just returned from Cuba where they worked with Cubans and other North Americans with the Venceremos Brigade, about their experiences in Cuba’s three larges cities, the oppression of gays in Cuba, and on the changing roles of men and women in Cuba. This is part one of the…

  • Vietnam and Kampuchea / Judy Coburn interviewed by Dorothy Healey

    Correspondent Judy Coburn reports on her trip to Southeast Asia and compares it with previous visits from 1972 and 1973. Topics discussed are the economy, the status of women and the lingering effects of American military presence. Features listener call-ins. This recording is an aircheck that started approximately one minute late.

  • International women, past and present / produced by Pearl Skotnes.

    A documentary celebrating the history of women in political struggle: Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Alexandra Kollontai, La Pasionara (Dolores Ibárruri), women in the French Revolution, and South African women under apartheid. Music by Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, and Joan Baez. Includes a performance of the African National Anthem (N’Kosi Sikelel’ iAfrika) sung by African people.…

  • Exerpt from Shoulder to shoulder / Midge McKenzie interviewed by Beverly Polokoff

    Midge MacKenzie, producer of the BBC documentary on women’s sufferage in England, “Shoulder to Shoulder,” compares the women’s rights movements in Britain and America. Interviewed by Beverly Polokoff. Originally produced for “Holding up more than half the sky.” Produced by the KPFK Women’s Coalition. This recording is just an excerpt from the complete 1 hour…

  • The Senate investigates CIA funding in Angola / testimony by Henry Kissinger ; reported by Katherine Ferguson.

    The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on African Affairs questions Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on U.S. aid to Angola. The subcommittee includes: Senator Dick Clark (D-IA), Sen. Charles Percy (R-IA), and Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE). Part 1 of this program features WBAI reporter Katherine Ferguson giving a background of the Angolan conflict, followed by the…

  • Abortion: women’s liberation media project (Episode 5)

    The fifth program of the Women’s Media Project, produced by the Women’s Liberation Media Project in San Francisco. In this program, women relate their abortion experiences, both in the United States and Cuba, in a discussion punctuated by music.

  • Boys are boys and girls are girls / produced by Sebern Fisher

    From the folio: Is it really true that sex roles beginn at a very early age? To find out, Sebern Fisher assembled a group of people aged 5 to 9 to talk the subject over. Adult moderators Ken Washton and Deborah Deutschman posed some questions about boys and girls, and the young people took over…

  • Tribes of Topanga

    Anthropological examination of the life and social customs among the current inhabitants of Topanga Canyon, a secluded suburb of Los Angeles, California. The documentary is on Topanga as it existed at the time of recording, ambient noise and all. The music is mostly by Ba-Ca-Da, a Topanga music group. Produced by Clare Loeb and Phil…

  • Behavior patterns in the U.S. and the Soviet Union

    Anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead, psychoanalyst Franz Alexander, and Dr. Donald A. Lowry, former YMCA leader in Russia, discuss how behavior patterns differ and how they are growing alike in the U.S. and Soviet Union. Topics include young people, education, retirement, government, and the bias through which people from each nation view each other.

  • The murders of the children in Atlanta / produced by Damali Cruz and Khensu-Ra

    The program is divided into 3 sections. It begins with a chronology of the events around the murders and disappearances of Atlanta’s youth since 1979. The psychological effects of the murders on the children in Atlanta’s communities is discussed. And the final section explores some of the theories around who is responsible for the murders.…