American Women — Women’s history
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Mary : our lady queen of feminists / Ann Plogsterth: interviewed by Viv Sutherland.
Viv Sutherland interviews Ann Plogsterth, member of Catholic Women for the ERA, the National Organization for Women (NOW)’s Sexism in Religion Committee, and a doctorate candidate at Columbia University about the Virgin Mary, the first feminist, in honor of the holiday season. Produced in cooperation with NOW-NY.
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Emma Goldman: 1869-1940 / produced by Marcia Danab and Nina Mende
Emma Goldman (1869-1940) committed her life to fighting economic and sexist exploitation and was known and still inspires as an anarchist, political agitator, feminist, birth control pioneer, and advocate of sexual freedom. This documentary features interviews with women who marched on picket lines with her, her friend and ACLU founder Roger Baldwin, newspaper articles of…
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Women’s Coalition for the Third Century (WC3C) / interviews by Nanette Rainone and Brett Harvey. (Episode 9 of 15)
The Women’s Coalition for the Third Century (WC3C) is an outgrowth of women’s participation in Bicentennial activities. In October 1974, WC3C held a conference in Boston and Nanette Rainone and Brett Harvey interviewed three women attending the conference about women’s history, and the rise in women’s history research and writings. The interviewees are Linda Grant…
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Petticoat politics: the rise and fall of the phallic empire / produced by Jon Doyle
This is an historical recreation of the struggle which American women had to be heard and, more concretely, the right to vote. The characters are historically accurate representations of Elizabeth Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony, among others, blended with music. Presented by a cast from the Unitarian Fellowship. Produced by Jon Doyle and…
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She also ran / produced by Jan Legnitto, Ruth Rosen and Isabel Welsh.
In 1872, Victoria C. Woodhull (1838-1927) became the first woman to run for President of the United States. On this Election Day, exactly 100 years later, Jan Legnitto, Ruth Rosen and Isabel Welsh explore the personality of the most notorious woman of the late 1800s, with excerpts from Woodhuff’s writings on feminism, free love and…
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Me Jane, you Tarzan / Elaine Morgan ; interviewed by Lois Hansen and Julia Curtis.
If you ask any school kid what prehistoric society was like, you’re sure to hear about cave men, cudgels and pulling women around by the hair. Until recently, neither children nor archeologists had attributed much importance to the role of cave women, not to mention that of she-apes, in determining the direction of pre-historic human…
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Courageous sisters / produced by Deborah Janone.
This program takes a look at some of the vibrant and exciting women of the 1800’s who were in many ways responsible for beginning the women’s movement in the United States. Dramatized versions of speeches and diaries are used, as well as live and recorded music, and discussion with Isabel Welsh, a member of the…