American Women — Feminism

  • All issues are women’s issues / Aileen Hernandez.

    Aileen Hernandez speaking on the question of women’s issues at a meeting sponsored by the Berkeley Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) on March 15, 1972. Hernandez, a consultant in urban affairs, has advised business, labor, government and private groups on programs for utilizing the talents of minority groups and women.

  • Sexual slavery : alternative visions

    Antoinette Bower presents a dramatic reading of differing approaches to woman’s role in society from such diverse standpoints as an Italian contessa and Germaine Greer. Produced by Everett Frost. Contains sensitive language.

  • Germaine Greer speaks at the National Press Club.

    Germaine Greer (b. January 29, 1939), academic and author (The Female Eunuch) speaks at the National Press Club. This was the first time a woman spoke at the National Press Club. She discusses the role of women in American society and the lack of coverage of the Women’s movement in the press. She also answers…

  • The traditional approach: part two (Episode 2 of 12)

    Part two of a presentation on the new alternatives for women in American society, as well as the continuing problems. With Nancy Reeves, attorney and member of both the New York and California Bars; holding degrees in both Science and Law; writer, lecturer, member of International Federation of Women Lawyers. This part of the examination…

  • The second class sex (Episode 5 of 12)

    Nancy Reeves, lawyer and lecturer-writer, continues her talks on the status of women. This fifth episode in the series features a talk on the legal discrimination against women in America. She discusses women in the American labor force, cites statistics that indicate women’s disadvantage in considerations for employment, and the objective reasons that have led…

  • 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…

  • A house is not a homestead (Episode 8 of 12)

    Presentation of the perceived role of women in the household. With Nancy Reeves, attorney and writer-lecturer on the status of women. Here she comments on the paradox of the “American Dream” and its reality. One such paradox discussed is the imperative to self-sufficiency combined with a lack of economic safeguards like maternity leave.

  • In the marketplace (Episode 9 of 12)

    Nancy Reeves, attorney and lecturer-writer on the status of women, continues with another talk in this series, on the increasing number of women professionals and the prejudices which they face. She addresses men occupying more managerial positions than women, the wage gap between women and men, and the decline in women pursuing higher education, from…

  • The Pearl in the apron pocket (Episode 10 of 12)

    Talk on changing women’s roles in American society by Nancy Reeves, attorney and lecturer-writer on the status of women, in another of her talks on A Woman’s Place. She discusses the difference between functional and developmental theories of education, the split between the biological and sociological considerations of the role of women, and how the…