Women — Soviet Union.

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: August 24, 1983 (Part 1 only)

    Production reel for the June 1, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and produced by Eileen Zalisk. Kathy Ann Kersey interviews Carole Seskin of the Avalon Nurses Registry about childcare options and day care services for working mothers. Eileen Zalisk interviews with Zora Zarubina (b. 1920), Professor of English and member of the Soviet…

  • Young Soviet woman interviewed by William Mandel

    Unstructured interview with a 16 year-old Soviet Central Asian (Goolia Mirzaharova or possibly Gulia Muzafarova) who talks of her life, her wishes for children elsewhere in the world, and her attitude toward American Blacks. Produced by William Mandel. The Russian-language interview plays in the right channel, while Mandel does a real-time English translation in the…

  • Kyrgyz woman interviewed by William Mandel

    Rosa, a Kyrgyz woman in her thirties, describes how her schoolteacher mother managed to raise 12 children, details the government’s assistance, the fact that several brothers and sisters, including herself, are college graduates, and answers the typically American question of William Mandel and his wife Tania about whether so many kids don’t make a woman…

  • Woman’s magazine editor interviewed by William Mandel

    1. Mandel bawls out audience for its behavior the previous week* (Duration 17 minutes) 2. Translated interview with editor of Ukrainian women’s magazine Radianska Zhinka (which means Soviet Woman in Ukrainian) in USSR, who holds a PhD. This portion has the Russian playing in the right channel, while Mandel translates into English in the left…

  • Income trend in the Soviet Union ; Women in the Soviet Union / William Mandel

    Soviet Press and Periodicals. Regular weekly show on KPFA, hosted by top Soviet Analyst William Mandel. Position of women in medical science is highlighted. Contains phone-ins. Mandel states it is his 20th annual program for International Woman’s Day. Program begins with an answer to the last week’s question regarding the Soviet income spread. (From label)…

  • Moldavia minority / produced by William Mandel

    Interview done in U.S.S.R. in September 1977, with Maria Vasilievna Marievich, a female anthropologist of a Turkic-speaking tribal minority the Gagauz, living in Soviet republic, Moldavia, bordering Romania. She is the assistant head of the anthropology sector of the Academy of Sciences of Moldavia, which at the time, was in the Republic of the Soviet…

  • Rosie, the red riveter / William Mandel.

    Inspired by viewing the documentary The Life And Times Of Rosie The Riveter, Mandel explores the topics of women in the workforce, women in typically male-filled jobs, and unions, contrasting the status of women in the United States with that of women in the Soviet Union. Linking of fight for women’s rights in the work…

  • A Black Russian woman / with William Mandel

    William Mandel and his wife conduct an interview in English with Dr. Lily Golden-Hanga, a Black Russian woman, born in Soviet Central Asia of United States parentage. Dr. Golden-Hanga was married to the first premier of Zanzibar, who was later killed in a coup in his country. Dr. Golden-Hanga did her Ph.D. in Moscow on…

  • Interview with Ukranian woman manager / William Mandel

    23rd Annual International Women’s Day Broadcast in this series. Translated interview (English on one stereo track Russian on the other, balance makes English louder and clearer over Russian on sets without speaker control) with Svetlana Ivanovna, a 42-year-old female manager of clothing factory with 3800 workers in Ukraine (Slavic ethnic republic of USSR). Her father…

  • Woman scientist interviewed by William Mandel

    This episode of Mandel’s focus on the Soviet Union begins with a lengthier introduction than usual. He then plays the interview with Vera Osipovna, a 70-year-old female scientist from the Soviet Union, who discusses her life from the revolution to becoming the head of a large research institute. This interview was conducted by William Mandel…