American Women — Law

  • Behind the Carter draft / Barbara Gedanke

    This is a recording of veterans’ rights attorney Barbara Gedanke attacking Carter’s proposed draft at an ACLU meeting in April 1980. Her speech covers the phony issue of drafting women, need for a manpower pool in U.S. policy, Vietnam, horrors of Agent Orange (Paraquat) on our troops, the significant difference between the 1980s and the…

  • Prostitution and the law

    In April 1977, the sixth annual “Women and the law” conference was held at University of California, Los Angeles. This is the panel discussion on prostitution and the law. The participants are San Francisco Municipal Court Judge Ollie Marie-Victoire (ca. 1924-2012), and attorneys Jeff Bear and Jill Jakes. The first to speak is Judge Marie-Victoire.…

  • The meaning (if any) of Intro 554 (Episode 12)

    A “special” Gay Alternatives discussion of New York City’s gay civil-rights bill, and its relevance (if any) to the lives of gays. Guests are Kitty Cotter, media coordinator for Lesbian Feminist Liberation; Frances Doughty, board chairperson of the National Gay Task Force; and Arnie Kantrowitz, writer and former vice president of Gay Activists Alliance. Host…

  • The female prisoner / Joyce Pleasha and Isetta Haight ; produced by Elaine Douglass.

    A talk and discussion by two former women prisoners, Joyce Pleasha and Isetta Haight. The talk was recorded at a conference sponsored by the National Organization for Women on July 26, 1973. The program was produced by Elaine Douglass. Note: Contains sensitive language.

  • Tell us all about your friends : the grand jury system / interviewed by Bruce Soloway and Jackie Friedrich

    This program is examining the new use of the Grand Jury, as a problem in American criminal justice and Constitutional law. The guests have all had first hand experience with investigative grand juries during the past year. Jim Reif, a lawyer from the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York; Tom Davidson, who was indicted in…

  • Our days in court / produced by Fran Watkins and Isabel Welsh.

    Overview of the history of legal issues concerning women, including name changes in marriage contracts, control of one’s earnings, divorce and custody rights, and employment discrimination. Includes interviews with Nancy Davis, Mary Dunlap and Wendy Williams, Equal Rights Advocates attorneys in San Francisco. Produced by Fran Watkins and Isabel Welsh.

  • Rape : the victim as suspect / produced by Susan Scheftel and Gail Boehm.

    A documentary examining the mythology surrounding rape and its effect upon the social, medical and legal treatment of rape victims. Includes interviews with victims, attorneys, and organizations founded to combat the problem of rape. The first part of the program deals with the problems that rape victims encounter when they report their rape and attempt…

  • Washington report-May 24, 1971: Margot Adler interviews professor and author Arthur R. Miller

    Margot Adler talks with Arthur R. Miller (b. 1934) author of “The Assault on Privacy: Computers, Data Banks and Dossiers” (University of Michigan Press, 1971), about the loss of privacy due to computerization and data banks.

  • Washington report-June 23, 1971: Government operations hearings

    Excerpts from June 23, 1971 Congressional hearings on the subject of government operations. Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg is questioned by Ogden Reid, Representative from New York, and Pete McCloskey, Representative from California, about the extent of government operations around the world. Produced by Margot Adler.

  • Washington report-September 13, 1971: Corporate reponsibility

    Part 1: Ralph Nader delivers a speech on Volkswagens; Part 2: Donna Shore of the Committee of Responsibility, an organization which uncovers corporations who betray the public trust, discusses her recent trip to Vietnam. Produced by Margot Adler.