American Women — Health
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Menstrual blood / produced by Jan Legnitto and Isabel Welsh.
The audio track (actuality) to a theater-piece about the psychology, sociology, and physiology of menstruation produced by Isabel Welsh. Presented at the U.C. Art Museum during the Festival of Bay Area women artists, October 1, 1972. Second half of program is Isabel Welsh being interviewed by Jan Legnitto about the piece.
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Sexual response in women and men / Joy Norin and Leslie Cohen
This program deals with sexual response in women and men. The speakers are Joy Norin and Leslie Cohen of Community Sex Information, an organization providing counseling and therapy for sexual problems. The program opens with Judy Graham of the Women’s Medical Center introducing the evening’s speakers. After the lectures is a question-and-answer period. The lecture…
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Washington report-July 21, 1971: Subcommittee on juvenile delinquency / Senator Birch Bayh
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Impotence and frigidity : is there a cure? / Earle Marsh and Alex Finkle.
A rebroadcast of the Medical Radio Conference which was broadcast live on KPFA on March 5, 1968 from the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco (UCMCSF) and re-aired due to popular demand. The topic is sexual dysfunction as it affects men and women. The speakers are Dr. Earle M. Marsh, assistant clinical professor…
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What every woman should know about abortion / Dr. Robert E. Hall ; interviewed by Mary Orovan
Dr. Robert E. Hall, President of the Association for the Study of Abortion discusses his activities. Hall is also a practicing obstetrician, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia Medical Center, and is an activist for abortion reform. Mary Orovan interviews Dr. Hall on what women can do if faced with an unwanted…
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NEW PAL / Ronald Pereira interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Ronald Pereira, ex-heroin addict age 21, tells KPFA’s Elsa Knight Thompson about a drug rehabilitation program which began in Santa Rita prison initiated by the inmates to help themselves, since no part of the correctional system was providing help with addiction. He describes its problems and objectives. The group is called NEW PAL, for Narcotics…
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The Pill / Dr. Benjamin Major and Dr. Harold Williams
Dr. Ben Major and Dr. Harold Williams at Pauley Ballroom, U.C. Berkeley, December 3, 1969, debating over the birth control pill. Dr. Major from Planned Parenthood takes issue with Dr. Williams’ book “The Pill In New Perspective: Pregnant or Dead.” The two men debate over the moral and physical aspects of birth control pills. Dr.…
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A medical desert / Dr. Richard Fine and Shari Whitehead interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Elsa Knight Thompson talks with Shari Whitehead of the International Liberation School and Dr. Richard Fine, co-chairman of the San Francisco Medical Committee for Human Rights, about a recent trip to northern New Mexico, their investigations into the appalling medical situation there, and the plans to correct it. Originally aired during KPFA’s open hour.
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Abortion: inside and outside the hospital / moderated by Lucinda Cisler and James Clapp (Episode 2)
This is the same tape as BB3770.02, broadcast as the second episode of the WBAI produced Abortion (1969) series. James Clapp and Lucinda Cisler, members of the Abortion Committee of the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women, host the program. Their guest in-studio is Bernard Nathanson, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and…