Komarovsky, Mirra, 1906-1999

  • Social role and the search for identity / Mirra Komarovsky (Episode 3 of 15)

    Part 3 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 1 of “The Enduring and Ephemeral in Women’s Life.” In this recording Mirra Komarovsky, Ph.D (1906-1999), Professor of Sociology, Barnard College, New York, NY gives a…

  • Myths of femininity and motherhood / moderated by Eve Merriam (Episode 8 of 15)

    Panel discussion about myths of femininity and masculinity in motherhood and fatherhood at the Challenge to Women: The Biological Avalanche conference held in San Francisco on January 23, 1965. The father-daughter relationship, the development of new roles for women, and the meaning of love are discussed by the panelists. The panelists are Mirra Komarovsky, professor…