American Women — Women’s history

  • Women and the world in the 1980s – October 31, 1983: Women and the military

    Women and the world in the 1980s: Women and the military. Recorded on October 31, 1983. Blanche Wiesen Cooke talks with author and retired Air Force Major General Jeanne Holm. Her book is “Women in the military: an unfinished revolution,” published by the Presidio Press, is about the misogyny women face in the military. BROADCAST…

  • Seven times around: interview with Women’s suffrage activist Isola Dodic

    Marjorie DeFazio interviews suffragist, Isola Dodic (1892-1986) about her suffragist activity and continued protesting for women’s rights throughout her life. Her first march was at the age of 20, the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration in 1913, in a march organized by suffragist-activist Alice Paul. Other suffragist activity included handing out leaflets for and working…

  • Ozark rap: experiences of women in the mid 1930s to the 1960s / produced by Clara Kern

    This is an episode of Clara Kern’s special series “Ozark rap.” In this program she examines the experiences of the middle 1930s to the 1960s, focusing on the ways in which her mother and aunts translated their rugged early lives into strength for modern-day living. She plays records of “hillbilly music” throughout the program. Produced…

  • Voices from the westward journey / compiled by Lillian Schlissel ; produced by Clara Kern.

    In this radio adaptation of “Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey” compiled by Lillian Schlissel, excerpts from autobiographical accounts are treated as individual voices which view the westward trek from a woman’s perspective. All voices are those of producer, Clara Kern. First broadcast July 1982.

  • Tribute to Barbara Nestor by her daughter Dorothy Healey

    This program is Dorothy Healey’s personal tribute to her mother Barbara Bass Nestor, who died November 23, 1979 at the age of 95 (quickly, of a heart attack). Includes the broadcast of a September 1974 aircheck of Dorothy’s interview of her mother when she was 90 (33 min.) The songs heard at end of interview…

  • In the living room with Adele Gutman Nathan.

    Author Adele Gutman Nathan (1889 – 1986), among other things, was a suffragist who produced and directed pageants and celebrations. She discusses her life with WBAI’s Nina Mende. Nathan was the youngest member of a delegation that traveled to Annapolis in 1920 to rally for women’s suffrage. She has also written several history books, including…

  • Women, culture, and society / Diane Feeley.

    An historical examination of the development of women’s societal role traced by Diane Feeley, Coordinator of Women in the Arts Committee of National Organization for Women (NOW), New York. Feeley gives examples of past societies in which women were more productive and played a far more active role than our own. She sees the view…

  • Women in the American revolution / moderated by Viv Sutherland (Episode 5 of 15)

    Seminar moderated by Viv Sutherland on women during the American Revolution, produced in cooperation with the New York chapter of the National Organization of Women. Speakers include Diane Feeley; Carol Berkin, Assistant Professor at Baruch College, and author of “Within the conjurer’s circle: women in Colonial America”; Irene Javors, graduate student of history specializing in…

  • Marion’s cauldron looks at Salem / hosted by Marion Weinstein (Episode 6 of 15)

    Discussion of witchcraft and witch hunts in colonial Salem. Part VI of the series “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Hosted by Marion Weinstein.

  • Shakespeare’s sister / Fran Teague

    Talk about the discrimination and limited roles of women during the Renaissance. Fran Teague examines the role of women in the Renaissance — not the Lucrezia Borgias or Isabella d’Estes, but the women who never made it into the history books. The program starts with a hypothetical biography of William Shakespeare’s hypothetical sister Judith, who…