Wages — Housewives

  • 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…

  • The Capitalist function of the family / Sarah Elbert and Silvia Federici

    On April 5 and 6, 1975, the New School chapter of the Union of Radical Political Economists hosted a conference on Marxian Approaches to History. This recording consists of the formal presentations given during a session on the capitalist function of the family. Sarah Elbert, State University of New York at Binghamton, delivers a talk…

  • What have women done?

    Based on the book published by the San Francisco Women’s History Group, this program documents the history of working women in U.S. history. Produced by Barbara Cady.