Women — Social conditions.

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report (Series record)

    This is the series record “Hot Flashes,” women’s news from the Majority Report, broadcast on WBAI. Pacifica Radio Archives has five episodes, broadcast in 1977 and 1978.

  • 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…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: June 17, 1977

    Women’s news and current events from Majority Report for June 17, 1977, hosted by Nancy Boreman. Topics include: Traditional American Families / Parker: “male head of family needs the opportunity to work.”; New York Marriage Contract revealed; The SCUM Manifesto-Valerie Solanas; Upcoming NOW-NY march, Lesbian pride week events; other upcoming women’s events; women’s weight training;…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: September 7, 1977

    Women’s news and current events from the Majority Report for September 7, 1977. Hosted and produced by Viv Sutherland for WBAI’s Women’s Department. Topics include: Steven Goldberg, benefits of contraceptive gels, new information from the census report, abortion rights in Connecticut, New York for Employment Action Council upcoming rally for jobs, pesticides causing infertility in…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: October 25, 1977

    Women’s news and current events from Majority Report for October 25, 1977. Hosted by Diane Torr for WBAI’s Women’s Department. Topics include an analysis of the congressional voting records on abortion, personality differences between men and women at work, AFL-CIO president calls himself “a closet feminist,” Karen Silkwood case, men in computer language are represented…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: January 17, 1978

    Women’s news and current events from Majority Report for January 17, 1978. Produced by Nancy Boreman for WBAI’s Women’s Department. Topics include ERA ratification in Virginia and other unratified states, New York City funding for abortion, women apple pickers in New York State, arguments against the Hyde Amendment, women’s rights in Texas, Canadian gay rights,…

  • Hot flashes: women’s news from Majority Report: June 6, 1978

    Women’s news and current events from Majority Report for January 17, 1978. Produced by Nancy Boreman for WBAI’s Women’s Department. Topics include adultery laws in New York, bill to ticket prostitutes, Wisconsin judge seeks damages from Associated Press for publication of his comments about rape, Sudanese women’s views on female circumcision, Marlene Deitrich making a…

  • The role of women, the family, and religion in the 1980s

    On October 4, 1980, WBAI held a special day of programming, examining political trends and what was starting to be called “The New Right.” In this program, Mimi Rosenberg speaks with Rhonda Copelon and Atina Grossmann about the role of women, the family, and religion in contemporary American society. Grossmann writes about the sex reform…

  • The effects of racism on the economic rights of women (Part 2 of 2)

    This is the second tape of a symposium sponsored by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In this symposium, women from diverse ethnic backgrounds discuss racism: why it exists, who is racist, who benefits, its effects both nationally and globally, and what Affirmative Action may mean to most women. Spring 1981. Produced by…

  • A global confrontation: women vs. tradition (Part 2 of 2)

    World Affairs Council Forum in which speakers analyze the status of women in India, Japan, East Germany, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States. Edith Coliver, Director of the Asia Foundation, introduces the other participants. Part two.