American Women — Work and unions

  • The Household worker and the employment agency / produced by Bonnie Bellow.

    Part of a series entitled “The Household Worker” that investigates the problems faced by household workers (broadcast on WBAI in December 1972). This episode reports on employment agencies that are currently bringing women from the Caribbean Islands to work as domestic workers for low wages and few benefits. Includes interviews with Irene Lord, former household…

  • Portrait of a dedicated woman : Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

    Communist, feminist activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) is interviewed (by William Mandel?) about her life and her work. According to the October 1987 WBAI folio, this interview’s (rebroadcast in 1962) transcripts were used in the SISS hearings charging that Pacifica was infiltrated by Communists.

  • Off we go … / produced by Jan Legnitto.

    What kind of women join the Air Force, how are they discriminated against by the military, and is the role of women changing in the service? This program explores these questions with interviews with Air Force recruiters, WAF’s and other people who are employed by the United States Air Force. Interviews conducted by Jan Legnitto…

  • I know it’s your day off, dear, but / produced by Marsha Bartlett.

    Examination of domestic workers who manage the homes and children of other people. Intro: How does it feel to manage, maintain and otherwise be responsible for the homes and children of other people? A look at domestic workers through their own eyes and the eyes of those who place them in jobs, and of those…

  • Lady broadcasters : do you have to wear a jock to be one?

    Four women disc jockeys from Los Angeles – Barbara Birdfeather, Gloria, Outrageous Nevada, and Ethlie Ann – discuss sex discrimination in their profession. From folio: “Tonight they assemble for two and a half hours for music and righteous indignation.” Part 2 cuts off abruptly while guests are still talking.

  • W.A.C.s, W.A.V.E.s, W.A.F.s, W.M.s. and wives

    Documentary examining the problems of women in the military, their treatment, their resistance, their reaction. Produced by Kathy Gilberd of Support Our Soldiers. Contains sensitive language.

  • Women in media / Nicholas Johnson

    Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson speaking before the American Women in Radio and Television about some of the things Washington and the networks would rather women did not know about. Sexist hiring practices and the negative image of women in mass media are discussed. After delivering his speech, Johnson answers questions from the audience. Also…

  • Interview with a Texas working girl / interviewed by Charles Hayden.

    A sex worker from Texas discusses her life with Charles Hayden (later Randy Wicker). She talks about some of the reasons why men solicit prostitutes, describes the differences between “call girls” and “working girls”, and also describes the different kinds of johns she encounters on the job.

  • Suffocation in suburbia 4: Education: training ground or playground? / Kate Mueller (Episode 12 of 15)

    Part 12 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 4 of “Suffocation in Suburbia.” In this recording Kate Hevner Mueller, Ph.D(1898-1984), Professor of Higher Education, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) presents “Education: Training Ground or Playground?”…

  • The Politics of nursing / produced by Toni Gray.

    This documentary describes the history of the healing arts in the U.S., especially the women involved. This history of nursing education is described as well as the socialization that went along with it, the struggle to unionize, and strategies for the future. Contains news clips from KPFA, music and is self-contained. There is discussion of…