American Women — Feminism

  • Women in the arts III (Episode 3 of 5)

    Faith Wilding and Chris Rush discuss the New Feminist Poetry, poetry that comes out of the women’s liberation movement. The program is called “In the Beginning”, as it is about the revelation of consciousness, which Wilding defines as feminist and ultimately human. They read and analyze poems by Marge Piercy, Susan Sutheim, Susan Griffin, Alfonsina…

  • Women in the arts V (Episode 5 of 5)

    Miriam Schapiro, feminist art instructor at California Institute of the Arts, talks with Beth Bachenheimer, artist from CalArts in the Feminist Art program at Cal Arts. Schapiro talks about how women have historically been denied a well-rounded education, and discusses the planning and exhibition of Womanhouse, what would become the first large-scale feminist public art…

  • Making it and not making it (Episode 3)

    Ann Herschfang (aka Ann Forfreedom), feminist activist, discusses ways in which women can succeed in today’s society, independent of male orientation at the University of Southern California in April 1970. She talks about the ways to “make it” individually that women have found, the responses of both men and women to women who have made…

  • Women: love and violence / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 4 of 5)

    Part four in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women’s movement, produced by Kay Lindsey. pt.4. The problems of love and violence in male-female relations. The fourth program in the series on women produced by Kay Lindsey is a discussion on the nature of love in this society and…

  • Women: “Childness” / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 5 of 5)

    Part five in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women’s movement, produced by Kay Lindsey. pt.5. The perspective of women as everybody’s children in society. Guests are Carol Goodman of the October 17th Movement; Brian Goldfarb, a 15-year-old student; Richard Cook, a 15-year-old student at Glen Rock Community; and…

  • Women: an introduction / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 1 of 5)

    Part one in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women’s movement, produced by Kay Lindsey. pt.1. An Introduction to the women’s movement (56 min.) Discussion in a group of women regarding realizing they felt oppressed as women, the origin of their awareness, sometimes from participating in the civil rights…

  • Women: girl watching / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 2 of 5)

    Part two in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women’s movement, produced by Kay Lindsey. pt.2. Girl watching as a practice. Guests on this show are Roxanne Dunbar, Maureen Mays, and Jane of the Female Liberation Front in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Discussion opens with voyeuristic “girl watching” by men and…

  • Women: birth control-abortion / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 3 of 5)

    Part three in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women’s movement, produced by Kay Lindsey. pt.3. The psychology of abortion and birth control. Guests are Lucinda Cisler and James Clapp of Public Education Committee of Parents Aid Society of Hempstead, Long Island, and both members of the Abortion Committee…

  • Consciousness raising-KPFA (Episode 2 of 4): On getting angry

    Consciousness raising. An examination of anger and getting angry. Consciousness raising broadcasts began by playing taped sessions, then listeners could call in and share their experiences and feelings. This recording is only the taped CR group. Previously numbered BC1087.03.

  • Consciousness raising-KPFA (Episode 3 of 4): Role-playing

    Consciousness raising. An examination of role-playing and stereotypes that oppress women: “The lesbian,” “The single mother,” “The Lady,” “The woman as provider,” “The attractive woman,” “Masculine-feminine roles,” “Married woman,” “Childless woman,” “Single women who are pregnant,”Women as sex object.” Consciousness raising broadcasts began by playing taped sessions, then listeners could call in and share their…