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American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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WZ0050 A blind blues street singer / Flora Molton ; interviewed by Natalie Reuss.

Interview with Flora Molton, blind blues street-singer of the Washington, D.C. area. Flora tells...

American Women -- Music and musicians WPFW, Sept. 1976.
WZ0255.07 Michelle Parkerson

This episode of Upstream features filmmaker and poet Michelle Parkerson who talks about the...

American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Poetry WPFW, October 8, 1981
WZ0295.01 Visions: sculptor Altina interviewed by Pam Peabody

WPFW's Visions, a series on visual arts, features an interview with Altina (Schinasi),...

American Women -- Art and artists WPFW, November 4, 1978
WZ0293 Black women and liberation movements conference (Part 2 only)

Listening Post: Highlights from the "Black Women and Liberation Movements" Conference...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WPFW, November 26, 1979
WZ0255.08 Mary Jefferson

This episode of Upstream is on Mary Jefferson (1927 - 2002), a jazz and blues singer popular in...

American Women -- Music and musicians WPFW, November 11, 1981
WZ0002.01 Discrimination at work: federal workers and equal opportunity

On whether the federal government has successfully implemented its own equal opportunity program...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WPFW, Mar. 20, 1977 and KPFA, May 1, 1978
WZ0255.02 Black women of achievement: Stephanie Colbert Hopkins

Interview with Stephanie Colbert Hopkins, president of Star Step, Inc, a public relations firm....

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WPFW, July 7, 1981
WZ0255.05 National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (Girls) Inc.

This episode of Upstream is on the National Association of Colored Women's (and Girls...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WPFW, July 23, 1981
WZ0255.01 Interview with Mamie Williams

This July is WPFW's tribute to women month, and Upstream is celebrating with programs about...

American Women -- Religion, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WPFW, July 22, 1981
WZ0255.04 Miss Black America 1980

This episode of Upstream features Sharon Wright, Miss Black America 1980. Wright was the...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WPFW, July 20, 1981
WZ0290 Kids talk about drugs / produced by Pamela Brooks

A Washington D.C. Public Schools Radio Project with several children (mostly Black) from Savoy...

American Women -- Parenting and children WPFW, January 21, 1972
WZ0002.02 Labor fights for the ERA

This episode of "Them and Us" is asking "Should labor unions support ERA (Equal...

American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), American Women -- Work and unions WPFW, January 19, 1978
WZ0256 Clips of women's voices and issues

Tape labeled "Women's" and contains a list of clips related to the women's...

American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Activists WPFW, ca. 1979-12-20/1983-01-22?
WZ0255.06 Women in Washington, D.C.

This episode of Upstream is on women and dating in Washington, D.C. Topics covered include...

American Women -- Anthropology and societal role WPFW, August 8, 1981
WZ0047 Harlan county USA / Nancy Barker and Hart Perry

Barry Parker from WPFW's Film Exchange interviews Nancy Barker and Hart Perry, respectively...

American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Film and television WPFW, 28 Mar. 1977.
WZ0299 Coal country women / produced by Mary Kasamatsu

This is a three-part series on women in Appalachia in the 1970s: mining disasters, their lives...

American Women -- Work and unions WPFW, 1982; KPFA, June 5, 19, 26, 1982
WZ0288 We regret to inform you: a radio drama by Grace Cavalieri

This radio drama was written by Grace Cavalieri, directed by Dorothy Biondi [sp?], and consists...

American Women -- Theater WPFW, 1978
WZ0101 Washington Area Feminist Theatre.

On this episode of the Survival Clearing House for the Arts, host Naomi Eftis interviews Mary...

American Women -- Theater WPFW, 10? Aug. 1977
WZ0258 Caribbean poets festival: Gail Nichols

This is a recording of poetry by Gail Nichols from the Caribbean Poets Festival. Poems read...

American Women -- Poetry WBAI?, 197?
IZ0449.19 Everywomanspace: September 6, 1982-Angela Gilliam hosts

Aircheck of September 6, 1982 program of Everywomanspace, hosted by Angela Gilliam. The theme of...

American Women -- International women, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, September 6, 1982.
BC2196.21 Women in India / Laura Shapiro; interviewed by Viv Sutherland.

Viv Sutherland interviews Laura Shapiro, feminist journalist, on the status of women in India....

American Women -- International women WBAI, September 6, 1975
IZ1503 A tribute to Esther Rand

In June of 1981, tenant organizer Esther Rand of the East Side Tenant Council died at the age of...

American Women -- Work and unions WBAI, September 5, 1981
IZ0528.03 High tech snake oil: September 4, 1984[?]- Breastfeeding

"High tech snake oil," was a sub-series of the WBAI series "Bread and roses,...

American Women -- Parenting and children WBAI, September 4, 1984[?] (year unknown)
BB3817.01 After surgery (Episode 1 of 6)

Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and...

American Women -- Health WBAI, September 4, 1968
IZ1139.01 Interview with Jean Stein, author of Edie: An American biography

David Rothenberg talks to Jean Stein (b. 1934), author of "Edie: An American Biography...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies WBAI, September 30, 1982
BB4314 Changing lifestyles in America today / Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead's speech before the City Commission on Human Rights hearings on the Status of...

American Women -- Reproductive rights WBAI, September 30, 1970
BB3817.04 Hospital use and abuse (Episode 4 of 6)

Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and...

American Women -- Health WBAI, September 25, 1968
IZ1416 The professional, the mother, and the child: a history of child raising

This is a recording of a paper delivered by Deirdre English at the Delaware Valley Mental Health...

American Women -- Parenting and children WBAI, September 23, 1975
IZ0448 Kate Clinton performance

Lesbian, feminist and humorist, Kate Clinton speaks to a live audience. Clinton jokes about WASA...

American Women -- Comedians WBAI, September 22, 1982
IZ0683 Women and the Art of Motorcycle Racing / produced by Judith Ghinger

Self-contained program produced for WBAI by Judith Ghinger. Five women motorcyclists were...

American Women -- Athletes WBAI, September 19, 1977
BB3817.03 Research with the poor (Episode 3 of 6)

Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and...

American Women -- Health WBAI, September 18, 1968
BB4155 Here she is: the making of Miss America, 1970 / reported by Mary Lou Oates; produced by Robert Kuttner

Report and actuality of the events surrounding a major beauty pageant, including a protest and...

American Women -- Feminism WBAI, September 15, 1969
BB3817.02 New York City hospitals are dangerous to your life (Episode 2 of 6)

Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and...

American Women -- Health WBAI, September 11, 1968
IZ1365 Zerega Association mayoral forum with Bella Abzug

On August 31, 1977 the community association of Zerega in the Bronx held a mayoral forum...

American Women -- Politicians and politics WBAI, September 1, 1977
IZ0487.03 Interview with Sharon Presley

Kirkpatrick Sale speaks with Sharon Presley, a libertarian feminist. Contains listener phone...

American Women -- Politicians and politics WBAI, possibly February 26, 1981
IZ1418 Edwina Lee Tyler concert at Columbia University, 1979

Edwina Lee Tyler, pioneer of African drumming by women, gives a concert on November 10, 1979 at...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, possibly 1979 (no broadcast info on tape)
IZ1384 Women's Antinuclear Rally (incomplete)

Recording of speeches from an anti-nuclear rally. No date or location is given but it may be...

American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism WBAI, possibly 1979 (no broadcast info on tape)
BC1446 Dear brother Erika / Erika Seastrom ; interviewed by Bonnie Bellow.

Erika Seastrom, a member for 20 years of the Printers Union, describes her life working under...

American Women -- Work and unions WBAI, Part 1: 2 Apr. 1973, 6 Apr. 1973; Part 2: 10 Apr. 1973, 11 Apr. 1973.
IZ1371 What's up: Verna Gillis interviews erotic film star Jamie Gillis

Jamie Gillis, star of The Opening of Misty Beethoven and Through the Looking Glass, discusses...

American Women -- Sex WBAI, October 9, 1976
BB3817.06 Organization, control, and planning for medical services (Episode 6 of 6)

Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and...

American Women -- Health WBAI, October 9, 1968
IZ0255.02 High Heeled Women: October 8, 1981

High Heeled Women present the "Not for High Heeled Women Only" talk show. In this...

American Women -- Comedians WBAI, October 8, 1981
IZ1499 A Crime To Fit The Punishment: an interview with the filmmakers

Mimi Rosenberg speaks with Barbara A. Moss and Stephen Mack on their new film, "A Crime to Fit...

American Women -- Film and television WBAI, October 7, 1982
IZ1420 Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic by Sorche Nic Leodhas

Fredi Dundee reads from a collection of stories by Sorche Nic Leodhas entitled “Sea-spell and...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, October 7, 1969
BC2017 Urban education: October 6, 1973

Taped one week after graduation, a group of sixth graders from P.S. 42 in the Lower East Side...

American Women -- Education, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, October 6, 1973
IZ1455.02 Lesbian parenthood: Nancy Johnson and Diana Utah

This episode of Lesbian Radio Spectacular with a Cast of Millions, hosted by Judy Pasternak is...

American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children WBAI, October 5, 1976
IZ0449.20 Everywomanspace: October 4, 1982

Aircheck of Everywomanspace episode hosted by Angela Gilliam. The fourth in a series of programs...

American Women -- Aging WBAI, October 4, 1982.
IZ1442 The role of women, the family, and religion in the 1980s

On October 4, 1980, WBAI held a special day of programming, examining political trends and what...

American Women -- Reproductive rights WBAI, October 4, 1980
IZ0778 Marge Piercy reading her poems

Marge Piercy, poet and novelist, reads her poems at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT and talks...

American Women -- Poetry WBAI, October 4, 1977
BC1070 Fanny: the all girl band

Members of the all-woman rock group Fanny discuss and play their music. The band consists of...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, October 4, 1972
BC2196.10 The transsexual empire

Viv Sutherland interviews Janice Raymond, author of "The transsexual empire."

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, October 3, 1979
IZ1386 Betty Pilkington interviews U.N. Ambassador Medhi Vakil about Iran

U.N. Correspondent Betty Pilkington interviews United Nations Ambassador to Iran, Mehdi Vakil,...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, October 25, 1966
IZ1413 Jazzwomen U.S.A.: October 23, 1981

Self-contained episode from October 23, 1981. Conclusion of the previous episode's focus on...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, October 23, 1981
IZ0766 Women composers / Judy Sherman

Women composers explore the question of why so many women composers have emerged of late, and...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, October 23, 1972
IZ1349.08 Women and the world in the 1980s: October 22, 1982-Author Elizabeth Wilson

Episode from October 22, 1982. Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Elizabeth Wilson, feminist...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- International women WBAI, October 22, 1982
BC0943.03 Pregnancy

Know your body: Pregnancy. This is lecture is part of a course on women's health given at...

American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Health WBAI, October 22, 1972
IZ1354 Women Against Pornography march in Times Square (October 1979)

This recording contains music, interviews and speeches from the October 20, 1979 march in Times...

American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Sex WBAI, October 20, 1979
IZ0423.04 Claude Goretta and Isabelle Huppert

Judith Kass interviews film director Claude Goretta and actor Isabelle Huppert, the star of his...

American Women -- Film and television WBAI, October 20, 1977
IZ1349.01 This bridge called my back: October 2, 1981

Aircheck of first in a series of programs on the history of women of color titled "This...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, October 2, 1981
IZ1380 Janet Sternburg: Journal from a semi-private room

Janet Sternburg reads her autobiographical fiction, titled "Journal from a semi-private...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, October 2, 1978
IZ0449.26 Poetry reading to benefit Out & Out Books

Blanche Wiesen Cook hosts a poetry reading that took place May 11th of this year (1978) to...

American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Lesbians WBAI, October 2, 1978
BB3817.05 Community health care and Medicaid cutbacks (Episode 5 of 6)

Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and...

American Women -- Health WBAI, October 2, 1968
IZ1487 The Velvet Sledgehammer: compilation of Sledgehammer Theater Review by Donna Allegra

A compilation of "Sledgehammer Theater Reports" by Donna Allegra. The reel contains the...

American Women -- Theater WBAI, October 1980 through February 1981
IZ1361 Sagaris and the August 7th Survival Community

This summer, 200 active feminists from all over the United States and Canada came to Lyndonville...

American Women -- Activists WBAI, October 19, 1975
IZ0449.23 The Women Peacemakers: October 18, 1982

This program is in three parts: 1. Cora Weiss interviews Kathy Jarvis of Advocates for Children...

American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism WBAI, October 18, 1982
IZ1406 Women in pre-colonial Ashanti / Dr. Shirley Strickland

In the summer of 1978, twelve women and men, scholars from all over the U.S., met in New York to...

American Women -- International women WBAI, October 18, 1978
IZ0651 Kathleen Cleaver interviewed by Rob Crocker

Rob Crocker, WBAI, interviews Kathleen Cleaver, wife of Eldridge Cleaver, and today representing...

American Women -- Relatives of notable men, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, October 17, 1971
BC0943.04 Women and doctors

Know your body: Women and doctors. This lecture, part of the series "Know Your Body"...

American Women -- Health WBAI, October 15, 1972
BB3368 A conversation with Doris Lessing / interviewed by Richard Keffler

Doris Lessing, the author of The Golden Notebooks and other novels, talks with free-lance writer...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- International women WBAI, October 13, 1963
IZ1455.01 Lesbian sexuality

This episode of the Lesbian Radio Spectacular with a Cast of Millions, hosted by Judy Pasternak...

American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Sex WBAI, October 12, 1976
IZ1366 FOIA - The Right To Know panel on the health of atomic vets

A panel discussion on the right to know, with William Howard, past president of the National...

American Women -- Health WBAI, October 11, 1982
BC0943.02 Menstruation, puberty through menopause (Part One only)

Know your body: Menstruation, puberty through menopause. This lecture was part of the "Know...

American Women -- Health WBAI, October 08, 1972
IZ0603 Holly Near / interview by Gail Pellett and Paul Gorman

Gail Pellett and Paul Gorman interview singer-songwriter Holly Near and Jeff Langley, her piano...

American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Lesbians WBAI, Oct. 1975.
BC2793.01 Well, the words have changed anyway (Part 1 of 4)

In this first program in the series "You must go home again: 1970," Marcia Tompkins...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, November 9, 1970 and KPFA, January 7, 1971
IZ0449.24 The Women Peacemakers: November 8, 1982

Hosted by Cora Weiss. Guests are Liz Brando from Leicester, UK, of the Campaign for Nuclear...

American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism WBAI, November 8, 1982
IZ1433 Sally George reads four short stories

Sally George reads four short stories: Dreaming; Hard Winter; Church Music; and Peter, Peter....

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, November 8, 1978
IZ1429 A reading and interview with Diana Chang

A reading and interview with Chinese-American novelist and poet Diana Chang. Chang first reads...

American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, November 5, 1978
BC2793.04 Phone-in questions (Part 4 of 4)

This is the fourth and final program produced by Marcia Tompkins in a series called "You...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, November 30, 1970
IZ1422 Frances Jaffer

The San Francisco-based poet Frances Jaffer (1921-1999) reads from her work, talks about her...

American Women -- Poetry WBAI, November 3, 1981
IZ1391 Celebration: Harvey Swados

This is an interview with Bette Swados and Robin Swados, widow and son of the author Harvey...

American Women -- Relatives of notable men WBAI, November 29, 1975
IZ1474 Sophie Cohen speaks on the 1913 Paterson, New Jersey silk strike

This program is a talk give by Sophie Cohen, IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) worker who...

American Women -- Work and unions WBAI, November 27, 1976
IZ1349.10 Women and the world in the 1980s: November 26, 1982

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Lucy Gilbert, psychotherapist in private practice specializing in...

American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Parenting and children WBAI, November 26, 1982
IZ1349.11 Women and the world in the 1980s: Grenada in 1983

Blanche Wiesen Cook speaks with poet and novelist Audre Lorde (1934-1992) and Zala Chandler from...

American Women -- International women WBAI, November 25, 1983
BC2793.03 Four people of the town (Part 3 of 4)

This is the third of four programs produced by Marcia Tompkins in a series called "You must...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, November 23, 1970 and KPFA January 21, 1971
BC2196.24 Midnight Baby: Dory Previn / interviewed by Viv Sutherland

INTRO: Dorothy "Dory" Previn (1925-2012) was born at midnight. Babies born at that...

American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, November 21, 1976
IZ1349.09 Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992)...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, November 20, 1982
IZ1369 Country commune cooking / Lucy Horton

Yolanda Tennyson interviews Lucy Horton, author of Country Commune Cooking (Coward, McCann and...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, November 20, 1972
IZ0449.16 Trying to survive: prostitution and women's work

The third in a series of three documentaries about prostitution and women's work (The...

American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions WBAI, November 2, 1981 and January 4, 1982.
IZ0723 Stop E.R.A.: Meg Katz interviewed by Bonnie Bellow

Bonnie Bellow interviews Meg Katz of "Stop E.R.A.", one of the groups opposed to the...

American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) WBAI, November 2, 1975
BB3866.01 Women: an introduction / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 1 of 5)

Part one in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women'...

American Women -- Feminism WBAI, November 19?, 1968
IZ1414.01 Sojourner's Journal: November 19, 1981-Black women writers and artists

Sojourner's Journal, a series about Black women. Yasmin Pierre speaks with four Black women...

American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, November 19, 1981
IZ1390 An eclectic evening with Rosalyn Drexler and David Shapiro

This is part one of a performance which was presented live in Studio C at WBAI in November 1972...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, November 19, 1972; first rebroadcast March 8, 1973
BC2793.02 An interview with Robert Shelton (Part 2 of 4)

This is the second of four programs produced by Marcia Tompkins in a series called "You...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, November 16 1970 and KPFA, January 14, 1971
IZ1451 Women in Spain

In this program, panelists Linda Gould Levine, professor at Montclair State College, Gloria...

American Women -- International women WBAI, November 15, 1977
IZ0449.11 Women's occupational health: November 10, 1980

The first in a series of programs on women's occupational safety and health with Dr. Jeanne...

American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Health WBAI, November 10, 1980
IZ0449.21 Everywomanspace: November 1, 1982

Aircheck of Everywomanspace with Angela Gilliam from November 1, 1982. The guests are Sonja Dean...

American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Parenting and children WBAI, November 1, 1982.
IZ1447 Women reporting on women

Three feminist journalists who were all involved in coverage of the Houston Women's...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, May 8, 1978
IZ0449.06 Women's legal clinic: May 7, 1979-Legal rights related to pregnancy

The topic of this week's Women's Legal Clinic is pregnancy, disability, and women...

American Women -- Work and unions WBAI, May 7, 1979.
IZ0383.11 Media review: May 30, 1981- Nicholas Johnson and Christie Hefner

This episode contains two segments: 1. Former Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas...

American Women -- Sex WBAI, May 30, 1981
IZ0904 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference, 1981

Two speakers at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference, recorded...

American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism WBAI, May 27, 1981?
IZ1395 1979 Long Island women's music festival: Ruth Pelham and June Millington

The festival was held from March 17, 1979. Archives has two tapes from this event. The first has...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, May 27, 1979
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