American Women — Vietnam conflict

  • Hanoi broadcasts / narrated by Elsa Knight Thompson.

    Documentary concerning a series of radio broadcasts that were addressed to United States troops urging them to stop fighting and protest the war in Vietnam, and which were sent to Hanoi by unknown persons calling themselves Radio Stateside. The creators of these programs announced that listeners could write to them care of KPFK-FM Los Angeles,…

  • Angela Davis and Ralph Abernathy : a press conference.

    Ralph Abernathy and Angela Davis speak about an upcoming rally to be held in San Jose, CA on May 20, 1972. They also speak about the need for solidarity between anti-Vietnam groups in the fight. Originally a 2-part program, but part A is a duplicate of BC0763. BB5364B is now BB5364.

  • U.S. prisoners in North Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    An interview with Madeline Duckles, of Women for Peace, who was one of three American women who went to Hanoi for two weeks in December 1969 at the invitation of the North Vietnamese Women’s Union. She talks with KPFA’s program director Elsa Knight Thompson. There is no intro; the first voice heard is Madeline Duckles.…

  • A public meeting before jail / David Harris and Joan Baez

    An event featuring David Harris speaking about his pending conviction for draft resistance. Joan Baez Harris, Jeffrey Shurtleff and “Fondle”[unclear], referring to themselves as the Struggle Mountain Resistance Band, perform songs together before and after David Harris’ speech. Loren Basham of The Resistance moderates. Event recorded at the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco on…

  • A parent’s choice / Mrs. Evalyn Dundas interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    Mrs. Evalyn Dundas, whose son Malcolm is serving a prison term for non-cooperation with the draft, discusses with Elsa Knight Thompson the problems that such a situation poses for parents. Malcolm was granted the status of conscientious objector, and joined the Peace Corps through which he was a teacher in Tanzania. He was then recalled…

  • Children of Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    Madeline Duckles, Chairman of the San Francisco branch of the Committee of Responsibility, talks with Elsa Knight Thompson about the work of the committee in bringing war-injured children to the United States for treatment.

  • Twenty days in Santa Rita / Emily Lewis and Lillian Rubin interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    Emily Lewis, public health nurse and wife of Berkeley doctor Reuben Lewis, and Lillian Rubin, research assistant in sociology at the University of California, and the wife of a Berkeley restaurant owner, talk with Elsa Knight Thompson about their jail experiences. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Rubin had just been released from Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center,…

  • An interview with Dr. Han Suyin /conducted by Marshall Windmiller

    Marshall Windmiller interviews Dr. Han Suyin, noted writer and lecturer and author of “A Many-Splendored Thing.” She discusses her life and work, her publications on the Chinese revolution, the Vietnam war, Communism, and the new Western colonialism and imperialism which causes her to recall China in the 1920s. Marshall Windmiller was Associate Professor of International…

  • Vietnam and Kampuchea / Judy Coburn interviewed by Dorothy Healey

    Correspondent Judy Coburn reports on her trip to Southeast Asia and compares it with previous visits from 1972 and 1973. Topics discussed are the economy, the status of women and the lingering effects of American military presence. Features listener call-ins. This recording is an aircheck that started approximately one minute late.