American Women — Women’s history
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Dorothea Dix (Episode 4 of 6)
The fourth in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. “Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill. She was a leading figure in those national and international movements that…
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: partners in the solutions of women’s problems (Episode 5 of 6)
The fifth in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, founders of the National Woman Suffrage Association. With this lecture, Lerner attempts to expose the suffragists as human beings rather than symbols, and to put into context the work…
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Frances Willard’s temperance crusade: a political school for women (Episode 6 of 6)
The last in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. This episode is on Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard’s (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) temperance movement — a political school for women. Lerner puts the temperance movement into perspective and explains why women were so…
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Angelina and Sarah Grimke (Episode 3 of 6)
Sarah and Angelina Grimke: slaveholders turned abolitionists, the first American women to give public lectures and to advocate women’s rights. The third in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879), known as the Grimké sisters, were 19th-century…
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Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 2 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan
Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming around 1910. Part 2 of 3. These three episodes of Stewart’s letters were part of a continuing series on KPFA based on women’s diaries and letters. Part two: Stewart recounts her life on the ranches of her husband’s and her own,…
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Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 3 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan
Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming around 1910. Part 3 of 3. These three episodes of Stewart’s letters were part of a continuing series on KPFA based on women’s diaries and letters. Part three: This portion begins in December 1913. Stewart describes Christmas with her neighbors; how…
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The Velvet Sledgehammer: February 16, 1983
Production reel for the February 16, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Hosted and produced by Eileen Zalisk. First, a tribute to Susan B. Anthony, who would have been 162 years old this week. Zaliks gives a brief history of Susan B. Anthony’s life and work, and then Blanch Wiessen-Cook interviews with Ellen DuBois, editor…
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Elinore Pruitt Stewart letters: letters from a woman homesteader (Part 1 of 3) / read by Luce Morgan
Reading of letters written by a woman homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933) in Wyoming around 1910. Part 1 of 3. These three episodes of Stewart’s letters were part of a continuing series on KPFA based on women’s diaries and letters. Part one: Pruitt (June 3, 1876-October 8, 1933), a widow, relates her duties as house…
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The Immigrant Experience / produced by Beth Friend, Nina Mende and Gail Pellett
Examination of the most intensive period of immigration to the United States, 1890-1920. The historical context, why people left the old country, the trip to New York City, getting processed at Ellis Island and first reactions to arriving. Interview with Liz Ewen, who teaches American history at Old Westbury College; variety of short interviews with…