Shigeko Sasamori addresses Physicians for Social Responsibility.

PRA Archive #:

KZ1272

Shigeko Sasamori, a “Hiroshima Maiden” who survived the dropping of the atomic bomb during WWII, discusses her disfigurement, how Mr. Norman Cousins brought her and twenty five other young women to the U.S. in 1955 for plastic surgery, and on her current life as a nurse and an ambassador. Talk delivered at the Physicians for Social Responsibility conference at UCLA, year unknown (ca. 1980).

Date Recorded On:

at UCLA, 1980?

Date Broadcast On:

KPFK, 1980?

Item Duration:

1 reel (ca. 10 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.

Total Duration (All Reels):

Station:
Rights Summary:

RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

Availability Notice:

This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email:  americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.


pbcoreDescriptionDocument
  • pbcoreIdentifier
    • PRA Archive #: KZ1272
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Program: Shigeko Sasamori addresses Physicians for Social Responsibility.
    • Series: Hiroshima memorial
  • pbcoreRightsSummary
    • rightsSummary

      RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

  • pbcorePublisher
    • Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1980.
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Speaker: Shigeko Sasamori