Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
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The Velvet Sledgehammer: February 16, 1983
Production reel for the February 16, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Hosted and produced by Eileen Zalisk. First, a tribute to Susan B. Anthony, who would have been 162 years old this week. Zaliks gives a brief history of Susan B. Anthony’s life and work, and then Blanch Wiessen-Cook interviews with Ellen DuBois, editor…
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Emma Goldman: 1869-1940 / produced by Marcia Danab and Nina Mende
Emma Goldman (1869-1940) committed her life to fighting economic and sexist exploitation and was known and still inspires as an anarchist, political agitator, feminist, birth control pioneer, and advocate of sexual freedom. This documentary features interviews with women who marched on picket lines with her, her friend and ACLU founder Roger Baldwin, newspaper articles of…
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American women in history / Isabel Welsh ; interviewed by Judy Chicago.
Isabel Welsh, political scientist at UC Berkeley who was involved in the lawsuit against the school for their discrimination against women, and artist Judy Chicago discuss the contribution of various women to American history and feminist political thought. Among the women discussed are Ann Hutchinson, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone,…
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Indian genocide ; pioneers ; labor movement of the late 19th century.
Includes Indian chants, John Neihardt on Black Elk and Ogilala Sioux, Yonnondio by Tillie Olsen and Pioneers! by Walt Whitman, read by Ed Begley, voice of Eugene V. Debs, and singing of Bessie Smith, documentary on Emma Goldman.|INDIAN GENOCIDE| PIONEERS| LABOR MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history…
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Out of the kitchen and into the sweat shop : the story of working women in America / produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. (Episode 5 of 7)
A survey of the lives and works of Emma Goldman, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Jane Addams, and other women who struggled to alleviate the horrendous conditions of working classes in America. Features interviews with labor historians and dramatic readings of writings by the subjects of this documentary. Produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. Interviewees…