Women’s movement
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Pamela Allen / interviewed by Julius Lester
Feminist activist Pamela Allen speaks with host Julius Lester about the difficulty in organizing various womens’ groups into a united front. She discusses how women are often hesitant to accept leadership roles in social movements because of male chauvinism, why some women won’t enter into all-women group dynamics, and the importance of transcending race and…
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Ruth Gage-Colby interviewed by Dorothy Eletz
Dorothy Eletz attended the U.N. International Women’s Year Conference in Mexico City [June 19-July 2, 1975], and this recording is an interview she conducted with Ruth Gage-Colby (1899-1984), a leader in the peace, disarmament, and human rights movements, at the conference on July 2. They discuss the International Women’s Conference and women’s rights.
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Does the feminist movement equal sexual suicide? / George Guilder ; interviewed by Jan Legnitto.
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Interview with Juliet Mitchell / interviewed by Ronald Radosh and Louis Menashe.
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Women’s liberation in Mexico / Marta Acevedo ; interviewed by Elizabeth Farnsworth.
Elizabeth Farnsworth of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) interviews Marta Acevedo, organizer of the first women’s action in Mexico on Mother’s Day in May 1971. Acevedo wrote one of the first articles on women’s liberation to appear in a Mexican periodical, Siempre. She talks about her decision to write the article, about…
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Gay Liberation’s Natural Ally : Of Course, Women’s Lib / Jim Rankin ; interviewed by Cy Schoenfeld.
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Here she is: the making of Miss America, 1970 / reported by Mary Lou Oates; produced by Robert Kuttner
Report and actuality of the events surrounding a major beauty pageant, including a protest and police interaction. An impressionistic documentary about the Miss America Pageant, September 2-7 in Atlantic City. Includes interviews with contestants, chairwoman of the Miss America Hostess Committee, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Miss America Pageant, other reporters at the…