American Women — Feminism

  • The New Woman / Anais Nin.

    Ramparts Report, the weekly program of news and current happenings, brought to you by the staff of Ramparts Magazine. This week program is a recording of Anais Nin’s talk about “The New Woman,” her vision of the women of the future, the woman who is being born right now, who will, perhaps more than ever…

  • The Ruth Benedict collective (Parts 1 and 2 only) / produced by Nanette Rainone.

    The Ruth Benedict Collective is a group of 25 women in the New York area including anthropologists, students of anthropology and non-academic colleagues. Here they discuss their work as affected by feminism, particularly in the areas of matriarchy, myths and sexual behavior in sub-human primates. They also discuss how their field might have been different…

  • Gloria Steinem speaks on sexism and racism.

    Gloria Steinem, feminist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, speaks about deep-seeded sexism and racism in America at the College of Marin on January 17, 1973. She instructs the audience on the importance of organizing, discusses the origins of political subjugation of women, and encourages women to overcome differences to work together against ruling-class divisions. Recorded…

  • Women’s liberation and Black civil rights / Catharine R. Stimpson. (Episode 1 of 4, Part 2 of 2)

    Catharine Stimpson on ‘Women’s liberation and Black Civil Rights.” Stimpson speaks on behalf of both the Black women’s and civil rights movements. Contains a question and answer period with well-known feminist theorists (although their identities are not obvious).

  • Sexual liberation and women’s liberation / Mary Jane Sherfey (Episode 2)

    Dr. Mary Jane Sherfey (1918-1983), a practicing psychiatrist and author of “The Nature and Evolution of Female Sexuality,” talks about female sexuality and women’s liberation. This lecture was given September 26, 1972.

  • A lady doesn’t take karate / moderated by Lois Hansen.

    Eight Bay Area feminists talk about learning karate, both in traditional schools and in the newer, women-only self-defense classes, the physical and mental challenges of karate, the need to defend themselves and their changing images of themselves. The women come from a range of backgrounds (some of them are young, some older, some gay, others…

  • Germaine Greer in Berkeley.

    Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch”, speaking at the University of California, Berkeley in a consciousness-raising session about the nature of sexual oppression in Western culture. She discusses male fantasies of rape and how sexual abuse is institutionalized in our culture through the imagery of sexuality. Contains sensitive language.

  • Is it Marxist feminists or feminist Marxists?

    Linda Eldon, Sherry Weber, Ethel Herring, and Jackie Goldberg discuss the relationships between the feminist and Marxist movements. Recent publications such as “The Dialectic of Sex” and “The Fourth World Manifesto” are discussed. Produced and moderated by Clare Spark (nee Loeb). Contains sensitive material.

  • New concepts of women : implications for therapy

    Helen Landgarten talks with Elizabeth Estrup, M.A., Hannah Lerman, Ph.D., and Aurelia Morris who are all active members of an organized consciousness-raising group for workers in the “helping profession” in Los Angeles. They are also active in the Women’s Center and discuss therapy as a means of discovering one’s individual identity.

  • Yes, my darling daughter.

    A teenage feminist consciousness-raising group, composed largely of students from Los Angeles’ University High School, talk about repression in schools, attitudes toward sex, and the relevance of the women’s liberation movement. Includes live audience participation. Hosted and produced by Barbara Spark. Contains sensitive material.