Prostitution.

  • Those Who Were Prostitutes from Cuban Women Now / by Margaret Randall

    A reading from the chapter “Those Who Were Prostitutes” from the oral history collection “Cuban Women Now” by historian Margaret Randall. Voices on the recording are Ingrid Sarti, Liz Peron, Isobel Lara and Andres Alegria. Produced by Frances Emley. Other notes on the box (not sure if they apply to this recording) “Open Air, Tape…

  • Where’s the rub?

    This program is an investigation of the proposed licensing of massage parlors in New York in 1973. From the folio: City Council meetings held in December 1972? on massage parlors indicated that the majority of the Midtown places specialize in things other than the traditional massage. The mayor, pressured by real estate interests to get…

  • Trying to survive: prostitution and women’s work

    The third in a series of three documentaries about prostitution and women’s work (The Archives has only this part). This episode deals with the legal status of prostitution. Program produced by Adina Back, Phaye Poliakoff, Barbara Solow, and Marianne Connolly. Introduced by Eileen Zalisk. Program was financially assisted by the National Endowment of the Humanities…

  • Street Walking Blues

    Iris De La Cruz (1954?-1991), former prostitute and organizer for PONY – Prostitutes of New York, interviews her 10-year old daughter Melissa about her feelings around Iris’s work. Iris describes being a girl scout leader and Melissa takes questions from callers. STREET WALKIN BLUES : Produced by WBAI. Recorded on July 2, 1980. Broadcast on…

  • P.O.N.Y. (Prostitutes of New York): Decriminalization of Prostitution

    Iris De La Cruz, chairperson of Prostitutes of New York, interviews Yolanda Jones from Black Women for Wages for Housework and Karen Green from the New York Collective of Prostitutes. They discuss the recent joint press conference held by those groups, in addition to Lesbians for Wages for Housework and the Gay Activist Alliance, about…

  • International women’s year conference / produced by Lisa Schlein.

    “International Women’s Year, Women on the move.” A documentary about the International Women’s Year conference held in November 1977 in Houston, TX. This was the first ever U.S. government sponsored conference for and about women. Estimated 20,000 persons attended including an official delegation of 2000 persons to vote on a national plan on women’s rights.…

  • Loneliness in America and taxi dancers

    A listener’s personal view of alienation, sexual loneliness and prostitution. Carlos Hagen produced a couple of programs on loneliness and alienation in our contemporary American society and loneliness that leads to compromise. Hagen received much listener response, and the stand-out was this documentary montage of personal commentaries, readings, and songs produced by a listener, Dennis…

  • Prostitution and the law

    In April 1977, the sixth annual “Women and the law” conference was held at University of California, Los Angeles. This is the panel discussion on prostitution and the law. The participants are San Francisco Municipal Court Judge Ollie Marie-Victoire (ca. 1924-2012), and attorneys Jeff Bear and Jill Jakes. The first to speak is Judge Marie-Victoire.…

  • Prostitution / Marilyn Haft and Susan Maurer ; interviewed by Viv Sutherland.

    Susan Maurer, Vice President of NOW-NY and Chair of NOW’s Committee on Prostitution, and Marilyn Haft of the American Civil Liberties Union, discuss various aspects of prostitution with WBAI’s Viv Sutherland. They analyze the unique status of prostitutes as workers, discuss attempts to license and regulate prostitution, and address the disproportionate arrest of sex workers…

  • The oldest profession organizes / Margo St. James ; interviewed by Jan Legnitto.

    Margo St. James (born September 12, 1937), a self-described prostitute and sex-positive feminist, founded the organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), which advocates decriminalization of prostitution. In this recording she discusses her work with COYOTE with Jan Legnitto of KPFA. She discusses the one-sided laws concerning prostitution in the United States, whereby female…