American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

  • Bernadette Devlin speaking at Barnard College (Part 1 only)

    Bernadette Devlin [McAliskey] speaks at Barnard College on November 20, 1976. This is Part 1 of 2. Tape of Part 2 is missing. Devlin was on tour in the U.S. to educate and state her point of view on “the Irish problem”. She outlines the history (from 1920) of the struggle of Ireland to separate…

  • Bernice Johnson Reagon: Black Women’s issues

    Speech by Bernice Johnson Reagon, given November 11, 1980 at Barnard College’s Reid Lectureship Women’s Issues Luncheon, titled “My Black Mothers and Sisters: On Beginning a Cultural Autobiography.” Tape begins with Reagon singing a poem by June Jordan. She speaks of Black women’s roles in her mother’s generation, the courageous actions of Fannie Lou Townsend…

  • Stop E.R.A.: Meg Katz interviewed by Bonnie Bellow

    Bonnie Bellow interviews Meg Katz of “Stop E.R.A.”, one of the groups opposed to the passage of New York’s Equal Rights Amendment. Katz details how she thinks an amendment would hurt women, make them responsible for their husband’s mistakes and not give them legal backup if they need it. She names groups that she believes…

  • Erica Jong reads her poems / produced by Mimi Anderson

    First of a series of readings of women’s poetry produced by Mimi Anderson. Erica Jong reads her poems from her book, “Fruits and Vegetables” and “The Objective Woman,” and describes her inspirations.

  • Judy Chicago interviewed by Celeste Wesson

    Judy Chicago, pioneering feminist artist who created the first women’s art program in Fresno, CA, is interviewed by Celeste Wesson concerning Chicago’s upcoming book on a community art project called “The Dinner Party.” Chicago gives the background to her Dinner Party project, her hopes for its touring, how it is presented by the actual exhibit…

  • Robin Morgan reads Network Of The Imaginary Mother (Part 2 of 2)

    Robin Morgan reads “The Network Of The Imaginary Mother” from her new book, Lady of the Beasts. Produced by Robin Morgan. Part two.

  • Hot type / by Marjorie Lipsyte interviewed by Phyllis Kriegel

    “Hot Type” is a novel about a woman working on a newspaper in the 1960’s, struggling to get ahead but finding it very difficult. Includes discussion of early women in newspaper 1930’s, movement in 1940’s (because of war) women found jobs, but then pushed back in the 1950’s. By the 1960’s there were less women…

  • Women composers / Judy Sherman

    Women composers explore the question of why so many women composers have emerged of late, and talk about women composers from both historical and social points of view. The composers interviewed are Carla Bley, jazz composer; Lucia Dlugoszewski, classical composer; Vivian Fine, composition teacher at Bennington College; Laura Greenberg, classical composer; Pauline Oliveros, who talks…

  • Income tax (Part 2 of 2)

    Viv Sutherland interviews feminist financial consultant Reva Calesky (1939-2012). Intro and outro needed. Part two.

  • Soundtrack: Liz Alexander interviewed about the film The Killing of Angel Street

    Paul Wunder (not identified on tape) of WBAI’s Soundtrack program interviews Australian actress, Liz Alexander, about the starring role in the film, The Killing of Angel Street. The story is about the daughter of a man who fights for the right of land holders (resident action groups) against corporate takeovers in Sydney, Australian. Anthony Buckley,…