American Women — Relatives of notable men

  • Joan Jara and Quilapayun interviewed by Kathy Jarvis

    Joan Jara, wife of Victor Jara, a Chilean folksinger who was executed during the September 11, 1973 coup d’etat that toppled Salvador Allende; and members of the folksinging group Quilapayun are interviewed by Kathy Jarvis[?]. The folk music as protest weapon is discussed and how the Chilean women have responded to the executions of their…

  • Midnight Baby / Dory Previn (Part 2 of 2)

    INTRO: Dorothy Previn was born at midnight. Babies born at that moment, according to the old superstition, are never sure who they are. They’re forever divided. Dory Previn, successful songwriter, composer, and singer was sitting aboard a Pan Am flight from Los Angeles to London when the twice-born prophecy became a nightmare reality. Someone in…

  • Kathleen Cleaver interviewed by Rob Crocker

    Rob Crocker, WBAI, interviews Kathleen Cleaver, wife of Eldridge Cleaver, and today representing the International Section of the Black Panther party, after her arrival back to the U.S. [from Algeria?]. Tape cuts in on Kathleen speaking about the BPP movement outside the U.S. and now plans to widen their struggle inside the U.S., including a…

  • Celebration: Harvey Swados

    This is an interview with Bette Swados and Robin Swados, widow and son of the author Harvey Swados (1920-1972). Includes readings from his novel “Celebration,” which was published shortly after his death. Interviewer is Risha Meledandri. Includes a reading of “Celebration”. Produced by Tom Perotti with technical production by Richard Harris.

  • Conversation with Theodora Kroeber / interviewed by Eleanor Sully

    Theodora Kroeber (March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979), author of the much-loved book Ishi in Two Worlds, talks with Eleanor Sully about her new book about her anthropologist husband, Alfred Kroeber: A Personal Configuation. Kroeber reads a section called “Religion” from the book, which was published by University of California Press, 1970.

  • The Presswomen / produced by Sophie’s Parlor Media Collective

    Del Dobbins interviews Ilona O’Sullivan[sp?], Alice Arvin[sp?], Mary Duggan, wives of Washington Post pressmen, about the pressman’s strike and the workers’ grievances.

  • The sister’s been doing her homework / Betty Shabazz

    Mrs. Betty Shabazz (May 28, 1934 – June 23, 1997), educator, activist, and wife of Malcolm X, speaks on the eve of Malcolm X’s birthday at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California as a guest of Merritt College. She speaks about her and Malcolm’s efforts within the Black Civil Rights movement and takes questions from…

  • The Harlem Six: a drama and statements from the trial

    A program about the Harlem Six, “and the torture and persecution of them and their mothers, from 1964 to 1971.” Presented by Doloris Costello. Part one includes excerpts of a benefit performance of a dramatization of the “Little Fruit Stand Riot” which led to the arrest of the Harlem Six. The performance was held at…

  • Coretta Scott King

    Coretta Scott King (1927 – 2006) delivers a speech on the civil rights movement at a peace march in Central Park, New York on April 27th, 1968. The march took place three weeks after the assassination of King’s husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. King reads from the handwritten notes of her husband’s incomplete speech for…

  • Football wives

    Pam Josephson, Diane Youngblood and Clarice Alexander, all wives of professional football players, reveal how much they relate to other women, to themselves, and to their husbands’ world of institutionalized violence. Also discussed are their attitudes toward being in the public eye, the sexual peccadilloes of professional athletes, and football as mass media escape. The…