Feminism

  • Where do we go from here?

    This recording is introduced as an episode of “Where do we go from here?” hosted by Helene Rosenbluth and unnamed male co-host. This episode is taking a look at highlights from past programs of IMRU and Lesbian Sisters. Includes the following stories: a report on lesbian feminists in Japan; challenges faced by lesbian and gay…

  • Feminist poetry reading / Grace Paley. (Part 2 of 3)

    Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007), feminist writer, reads poetry at the San Francisco Women’s Building on June 22, 1980 in a benefit for the War Resisters League. Also performing that night was Judy Grahn (see AZ0456). Recording also contains Grace Paley reading at U.C. Extension, Berkeley on June 19, 1980. Finally,…

  • Feminist poetry reading / Grace Paley. (Part 3 of 3)

    Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007), feminist writer, reads poetry at the San Francisco Women’s Building on June 22, 1980 in a benefit for the War Resisters League. Also performing that night was Judy Grahn (see AZ0456). Recording also contains Grace Paley reading at U.C. Extension, Berkeley on June 19, 1980. Finally,…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: November 23, 1983 (Part 1 only)

    Production reel for the November 23, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and produced by Eileen Zalisk. This tape contains the continuation (from the October 12th episode) of recordings from The Scholar and the Feminist Conference held April 23rd in NYC. The conferences, sponsored by the Barnard College Women’s Center, centered around women and…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: March 7, 1985

    Women’s news with Judy Pasternak for the week of March 7, 1985, incorporating KPFA’s Majority Report. Subjects discussed: Katherine Davenport reports on a new law in Montana requiring insurance companies to charge men and women the same rates for the same coverage, including an interview with Ann Brodsky of the Women’s Lobbyist Fund in Helena,…

  • Lesbian-Feminist Dialogue / produced by Nanette Rainone.

    After two years of dispute during which lesbians accused various women’s groups of discriminating against them and attempting to bury the lesbian question, Jill Johnston, columnist for the Village Voice, and others called a conference at Columbia University in New York City on December 16, 1972 in order to make peace with straight women. In…

  • Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 1 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan

    Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming around 1910. Part 1 of 3. These three episodes of Stewart’s letters were part of a continuing series on KPFA based on women’s diaries and letters. Part one: Pruitt (June 3, 1876-October 8, 1933), a widow, relates her duties as house…

  • Is Feminism Dead?

    Rebroadcast from July 10,1998 Feminism in the Late 90’s What does it mean to be a feminist these days? Are we in a post-feminist era, as some suggest, where the gains of 60’s are taken for granted and young women feel free to be all that they can be, without having to worry about fighting…

  • Democracy Now! January 15, 1999

    Profile of Wisconsin House Prosecutor; Feminists Offer Alternative Trial; A Look at Controversial Conservative Group’s Republican Members |Profile of Wisconsin House Prosecutor Opening the case against the President was Representative James SEnsenbrenner (R-WI), one of the wealthiest men in the House. He is heir to the Kimberley-Clark paper and cellulose fortune, an dhis great-grandfather invented…

  • Charlotte Bunch: I’m a woman

    Charlotte Bunch speaks about the feminist movement and receives comments from reporters and audience, discussing personal experience and views. Bunch opens with a speech about being a feminist in an anti-feminist environment. Anecdotes about getting a job, feminist turmoil, looking back through one’s past to gain perspective on current situations, relates feelings about the feminist…