Women politicians
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The two Evitas / Nancy Hollander ; interviewed by Clare Spark.
Historian and filmmaker Nancy Hollander critiques the musical Evita, describing how Eva Peron’s life and historic role have been distorted. Hollander is a member of LUCHA, a film collective whose documentary “Communique from Argentina” won first prize in a German film festival in 1978. Produced by Clare Spark.
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Congressperson Yvonne Burke examines JFK and MLK assassinations
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A day at the races : the Abzug-Ryan contest / reported by Miriam Rosen.
Report on the Bella Abzug-William Ryan contest for the 20th Congressional district in New York. Includes specifically opinions on the race from women, interviewed on the street. Abzug portion recorded from her campaign event “Women Power for Bella Day,” outside her campaign headquarters in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Shirley Chisholm : campaign and interview / produced by Miriam Rosen.
Short interview with African-American Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (b. November 30, 1924 – d. January 1, 2005) in between her last campaign appearances before the New York state primary in 1972. Congresswoman Chisholm was the first African-American woman to run for the position of President of the United States. Interview conducted out-of-doors as interviewer walks alongside…
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Ms. Schroeder goes to Washington / Patricia Schroeder interviewed by Tim Rosenfeld
Patricia Schroeder (July 30, 1940- ) was a Denver, Colorado lawyer who ran an unconventional campaign for Congress and won. In a talk given in Aspen, Colorado in June 1973, she discusses the manners, customs, and pecking order of the “ego center of America,” as a woman in the House Armed Services Committee; how the…