Women — Employment — United States.

  • The Future of Housework (Part 1 only)

    Documentary about the future of housework, hosted by Celeste Wesson. Contains recordings from the conference “The Future of Housework: the role of the housewife and sharing arrangements for childcare,” organized by the Women’s Studies program at Sarah Lawrence College. Part 1 features three personal views on housework and childcare: 1. Roni Hagerty — National Congress…

  • Louise Howe and Pink Collar Workers

    Judy Sackoff interviews Louise Kapp Howe, author of “Pink Collar Workers,” a book about office workers, waitresses, homemakers–jobs that are done almost exclusively by women.

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: February 13, 1980

    Program contains a report on a recent women’s basketball game between the New York Stars and the Dallas Diamonds of the Women’s Basketball League and recording of Meg Christian performing “Ode to a Gym Teacher”. Next an interview with Jane Kelley, a member of the group Women in the Trades, and an excerpt from a…

  • The Occupational health status of women / Vilma Hunt.

    Talk on the occupational health status of women at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on January 28, 1975. The speakers are Vilma Hunt, Associate Professor of Biological Science at Penn State University; Cora Marrett and Andrea Hricko, co-authors of a research paper: “Women’s occupational health: the rise and…

  • In the marketplace (Episode 9 of 12)

    Nancy Reeves, attorney and lecturer-writer on the status of women, continues with another talk in this series, on the increasing number of women professionals and the prejudices which they face. She addresses men occupying more managerial positions than women, the wage gap between women and men, and the decline in women pursuing higher education, from…

  • After the news : work / Selma James ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone.

    Selma James, proponent of the idea of “Wages for Housework”, is interviewed by WBAI’s Nanette Rainone. James discusses the American vs. the European reception to the idea of wages for housework, the performance of prescribed sex roles and the reproduction of the labor force, and how to move from the unwaged work of housewives to…

  • 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…