WBAI

  • A night of women musicians: ca. 1975 (Part One only)

    A Night of Women Musicians at WBAI’s Free Music Store, date unknown (ca. 1973). Host is Ms. Mark Giles. Part one features first the New Woman’s Brass Quartet, which includes Lauren Draper, Laurie Frank, Ann Slayton[sp?] and Kathy Kerry. They are followed by a performance by singer/songwriter Roz Esposito. Part two includes performances by Sharon…

  • Pregnancy

    Know your body: Pregnancy. This is lecture is part of a course on women’s health given at the Women’s Medical Center in New York City in spring 1972. In this program on pregnancy, Judy Graham of the Women’s Medical Center introduces speakers Joan Haggerty and Carol Gingold. This lecture was recorded May 25, 1972 and…

  • Pregnancy (Part 2 of 2)

    Know your body: Pregnancy. This is the seventh of eight lectures in a course on women’s health given at the Women’s Medical Center in New York City in spring 1972. In this program on pregnancy, Judy Graham of the Women’s Medical Center introduces speakers Joan Haggerty and Carol Gingold. This lecture was recorded May 25,…

  • Women and doctors (Part 2 of 2)

    Know your body: Women and doctors. Tonight’s session, lecture six in the series, deals with the gynecological exam, doctors’ attitudes, and what medical services to expect. Speakers include Judy Graham, Diana Parness, Paula Weideger, Rachel Fruchter, and Leslie Casale. Recorded at and by the Women’s Medical Center in New York City on June 15, 1972,…

  • Betty Pilkington interviews U.N. Ambassador Medhi Vakil about Iran

    U.N. Correspondent Betty Pilkington interviews United Nations Ambassador to Iran, Mehdi Vakil, on Iran’s National Day, the birthday of the reigning Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, October 26, 1967.

  • The poetry of Gertrude Stein (Part 3 of 6)

    Continued tomorrow (series) presents the prose and poetry of Gertrude Stein. On April 28th of this year (1972), a 24 hour marathon reading of Stein’s works was held at the St. Marks Church in the Bowery. Participating readers at that event included Anne Waldman, Rochelle Owens, John Cage, Richard Kostelonitz, Ed Sanders, and Allen Ginsberg.…

  • Women reporting on women

    Three feminist journalists who were all involved in coverage of the Houston Women’s Conference discuss the question of whether women journalists can objectively cover women’s issues. The journalists are Anna Quindlen of the New York Times; Ronnie Eldridge, former executive producer for Woman Alive on Channel 13 and candidate for Manhattan Borough President; and Ellen…

  • Author Marysa Navarro on Eva Peron

    Judith Murray speaks with Marysa Navarro, the biographer of Eva Peron. Note on box: Opens and back announce with “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from Evita the musical (Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Weber)- Top 10 Underground recording. Is it pro or anti-Eva Peron? Controversial world wide. Murray does this introduction then plays old recording…

  • Battered women

    Recordings from a conference on battered women sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee in February 1977. The recording includes testimony from battered women as well as historical information on the oppression of women, legal aspects, and ways of overcoming this problem. Produced by Kimberly Willis for WBAI.

  • Racism in the Women’s movement (Part 1 only)

    In this program, guests talk about the racism forum “Racism in the Women’s movement: how to fight it,” sponsored by the Women Writers Union and Radical Women, and held at the Women’s Building in San Francisco. They are: Suki Durham, member of both organizations, Max Regal, member of the Seattle Radical Women; Ann Finger, organizer…