American Women — Feminism

  • Marriage a la mode (Episode 6 of 12)

    Talk on the social and legal inequalities facing married women by Nancy Reeves, attorney, lecturer and writer on the status of women. Examines the institution of marriage in relation to the opposing philosophies introduced in episode 3. Reeves pontificates on when marriage ceases to be a profession, or a way of making a living, and…

  • Sex and the sword of Damocles (Episode 7 of 12)

    Talk on the legal and social assumptions about women’s sexuality. Hosted by Nancy Reeves, attorney and lecturer-writer on the status of women. Using the metaphor of the jigsaw puzzle, she asserts that the dilemma of the modern American women is how to narrow her field and how to establish her priorities, especially in the realm…

  • Women in media / Nicholas Johnson

    Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson speaking before the American Women in Radio and Television about some of the things Washington and the networks would rather women did not know about. Sexist hiring practices and the negative image of women in mass media are discussed. After delivering his speech, Johnson answers questions from the audience. Also…

  • Women is losers.

    Members of the Women’s Liberation discuss the role of women in American society. The discussion touches on a wide variety of topics, including the necessity for women to break out of the roles that have been prescribed for them, the emotional and sexual lives of women, and the media’s portrayal of women. Source material for…

  • The New woman / introduced by George Frankenstein.

    A panel discussion on the subject of “the new woman,” with Stephanie Mills of Planned Parenthood, Mimi Kaprolat of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Patricia “Pat” Maginnis of the Association to Repeal Aborton Laws, and Alvin Duskin, San Francisco manufacturer of women’s clothing. The evening was moderated by Eugene Schoenfeld, otherwise known in his…

  • Karate : women’s liberation demonstration.

    Members of Women’s Liberation, determined to impress the University of California, Berkeley officials of their seriousness, staged a demonstration at Harmon Gymnasium, the school’s men’s gym, demanding to be allowed to enter the class in Karate.  The protestors were met by the police who refused to allow them into the room where the course was…

  • Children: in dreams come unexpected responsibilities / Gail Putney (Episode 7 of 15)

    Part 7 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 5 of “The Enduring and Ephemeral in Women’s Life.” In this recording Gail J. Putney, Assistant Professor of Sociology at San Jose State College presents “Children:…

  • Suffocation in suburbia 3: the emergence of womanpower / Jean Paul Mather (Episode 11 of 15)

    Part 11 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 3 of “Suffocation in Suburbia.” In this recording Jean Paul Mather, D. Sc.(1914-2007), University President and General Manager, Purdue Research Foundation (Lafayette, Indiana) presents “The Emergence…

  • Suffocation in suburbia 4: Education: training ground or playground? / Kate Mueller (Episode 12 of 15)

    Part 12 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 4 of “Suffocation in Suburbia.” In this recording Kate Hevner Mueller, Ph.D(1898-1984), Professor of Higher Education, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) presents “Education: Training Ground or Playground?”…

  • Social role and the search for identity / Mirra Komarovsky (Episode 3 of 15)

    Part 3 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 1 of “The Enduring and Ephemeral in Women’s Life.” In this recording Mirra Komarovsky, Ph.D (1906-1999), Professor of Sociology, Barnard College, New York, NY gives a…