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American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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BB1407 Fannie Lou Hamer interview

Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer, candidate for Congress and member of the Executive...

American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination KPFA, 24 Sept. 1965.
BB4216 Fanny / interviews by Gina Blumenfeld

Members of the all-woman rock group Fanny discuss their origins as musicians, their influences,...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFK, 1971.
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
BB5547 Fashions in funerals: interview with Jessica Mitford

Jessica Mitford, author of "The American Way of Death" (Buccaneer Books, 1963), talks...

American Women -- Health KPFA, 8 Oct. 1965; 20 Feb. 1966.
BC1177 Fat as a feminist issue / Myrna Lamb.

Feminist playwright Myrna Lamb (b. 1930) reads her essay on women and body image "Fat as a...

American Women -- Beauty and body image WBAI, October 18, 1972
BC1586 Fat is a feminist issue / Carol Munter and Susie Orbach ; interviewed by Ann Snitow.

WBAI's Ann Snitow discusses body image, overweight and feminist issues with Carol Munter...

American Women -- Beauty and body image WBAI, March 24, 1973
AZ0470 Fear of fat : the politics of body size / produced by Santiago Casal and Laura Finkler.

This program examines the existing medical perspective on body size, the ideology of...

American Women -- Beauty and body image, American Women -- Health KPFA, June 19, 1980.
IZ1377.02 Femininism and therapy vs. Feminist therapy

This week: Lynne Zeavin and Muriel Dimen discuss feminism and therapy versus feminist therapy....

American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy WBAI, December, 1981
BC0464 Feminist art movement / interviewed by Clare Spark.

Marcia Tucker, associate curator of the Whitney Museum in New York City, describes how women...

American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Feminism KPFK, 10 Sept. 1971, 22 Nov. 1971.
BC1429 Feminist art workshop / Judy Chicago, Sheila De Bretteville and Arlene Raven; interviewed by Clare Loeb.

Judy Chicago and Sheila De Bretteville, artists, and Arlene Raven, art historian and critic,...

American Women -- Art and artists KPFK, 6 May 1973.
BC0869 Feminist forum : selling women short / Colette Nijhof ; interviewed by Nancy Clinch.

An interview with Colette Nijhof of the National Organization for Women (NOW)'s National...

American Women -- Feminism KPFK, 5 Dec. 1972.
BC0870 Feminist forum : the Equal Rights Amendment / Carol Burris.

Carol Burris, National Organization for Women (NOW) and a coordinator of the Equal Rights...

American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) WBAI, 20 Dec. 1972.
BC0871 Feminist forum : women's national abortion action coalition / Barbara Roberts ; interviewed by Carol Burris.

Carol Burris interviews Barbara Roberts, M.D. on the subject of abortion. Dr. Roberts is the...

American Women -- Reproductive rights KPFK, 12 Dec. 1972.
AZ0458 Feminist perspective on pornography / produced by Karla Tonella.

A panel discussion about pornography and eroticism, its connection to the left, racial...

American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Sex KPFA, June 24, 1980.
AZ1072 Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference (1978): Kathleen Barry and Susan Griffin

Lilia Medina opens the first session of the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference,...

American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Poetry KPFA, ca. November, 1978?
AZ0457 Feminist poetry reading / Grace Paley.

Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007), feminist writer, reads poetry at the San...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry KPFA, June 29, 1980.
IZ1377.03 Feminist psychoanalytic therapy

The topic is psychoanalytically-informed feminist therapy, with moderators Lynne Zeavin and...

American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy WBAI, April 5, 1982
BC0450 Feminist theatre: a woman alone

The fears, strengths, and hopes of women alone are explored in the reflections of three women....

American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Radio KPFK, 24 Aug. 1971.
BC3034 Feminists conversations / Jane Lazarre and Rayna Reiter ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone.

Nanette Rainone interviews two women authors about their experiences, women's roles and the...

American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Anthropology and societal role WBAI, 1976 (day unknown)
AZ1334 Festival of Underground Poetry: Diane di Prima

Beat poet Diane di Prima reads excerpts from her book "The Calculus of Variation" at the...

American Women -- Poetry ca. Oct. 10, 1971
IZ0152 Fiddle music / Marie Rhines ; interviewed by Edward Haber.

Marie Rhines is a fiddler of Scottish, Irish, and American music. In this interview with Edward...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, Aug. 18, 1979.
BC2661 Films with Joan Mellen / interviewed by Paul McIsaac.

Paul McIsaac's guest is Joan Mellen, associate professor of English at Temple University,...

American Women -- Film and television WBAI, 1975 (day unknown)
IZ1367 First generation / June Namias interviewed by Nelly Burlingham

Nelly Burlingham speaks with June Namias about her recent book "First generation: in the...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, January 18, 1979
IZ1097 First Wednesday: November 4, 1981

First Wednesday, monthly wrap-up of news, views and interviews of interest to the gay male...

American Women -- Lesbians WBAI, 28 Oct., 1981
BB5182 Five great American ladies of song (Episode 3)

This is another program that Carlos Hagen has dedicated to eclecticism in music and song to show...

American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences KPFK, 31 Mar. 1971.
BC3054 Five sisters : women against the Tsar / produced by Marcia Danab, Gail Pellett and Helene Schiff.

Dramatic readings from the memoirs of five anti-Tsarist anarchist women from the populist...

American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- International women WBAI, 27 Jan. 1976.
BC1521 Florynce Kennedy on Watergate / interviewed by Barbara Cady.

Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916 - 2000), Black radical activist, attorney and founder of...

American Women -- Politicians and politics KPFK, 29 Oct. 1973.
IZ0865 Florynce Kennedy speaks at Memorial Church in New York City

Flo (Florynce) Kennedy (1916-2000) speech given at "Memorial Church [New York City]"...

American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination WBAI, 198?
AZ1664 Flying Lesbians

A copy of the German band Flying Lesbians' self-titled album from 1975 (Frauen Offensive)....

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, ca. 1975
AZ1132.01 Focus on Women Composers Overview, May 8, 1976 (Episode 1)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, April...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, May 8, 1976
AZ1132.43 Focus on Women Composers: A selection of tapes collected recently (Episode 43)

A program featuring tapes of women composers recently collected by Susan Sailow. Produced and...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, June 4, 1977
AZ1132.08 Focus on Women Composers: Choral music, July 17, 1976 (Episode 8)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. This episode focuses on choral music by...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, July 17, 1976
AZ1132.55 Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Collage (Episode 55)

A program focusing on contemporary collage works by women composers. Produced and master by...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, September 10, 1977
AZ1132.59 Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Women Composers (Episode 59)

The last in a series of four programs surveying compositions by women from the Renaissance to...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, November 26, 1977
AZ1132.19 Focus on Women Composers: Electronic composers (Episode 19)

A program of electronic music composed by women composers. Presented by Virginia Kosanovic,...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, October 30, 1976
AZ1132.07 Focus on Women Composers: Music to soothe and refresh, July 10, 1976 (Episode 7)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Susan Sailow, and Fleur...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, July 10, 1976
AZ1132.05 Focus on Women Composers: Neo-Romantic Through 12 Tone, June 19, 1976 (Episode 5)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, Elizabeth...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, June 19, 1976
AZ1132.23 Focus on Women Composers: Percussion music (Episode 23)

Program highlighting the work of women percussionists. Produced and presented by Virginia...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, November 27, 1976
AZ1132.03 Focus on Women Composers: Renaissance through late Baroque, June 5, 1976 (Episode 3)

The first in a series of four episodes of "Focus on Women Composers" providing a...

American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Women's history KPFA, June 5, 1976
AZ1132.27 Focus on Women Composers: Some Women in Rock (Episode 27)

A program highlighting women composers in the field of rock music. Produced and presented by...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, January 8, 1977
AZ1132.31 Focus on Women Composers: Women in College Music (Episode 31)

Program exploring the American college music environment in which many composers find themselves...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, February 5, 1977
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
BC2093 Football wives

Pam Josephson, Diane Youngblood and Clarice Alexander, all wives of professional football...

American Women -- Marriage and divorce, American Women -- Relatives of notable men KPFK, 12 Jan 1975
WZ0049 Four local Washington, D.C. poets / interviews by Hazel Robinson

"A poet is -- a diary of the soul." Thus begins one of Hazel Robinson's poems and...

American Women -- Poetry WPFW, Oct. 19, 1976.
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
WZ0031 Four women poets / Diana Vance, Nefretete, Deirdra Baldwin, and Ann Leffler ; interviewed by Grace Cavalieri

Host Grace Cavalieri interviews four women poets: Diana Vance, Nefretete[sp?], Deirdra Baldwin,...

American Women -- Poetry WPFW, Sept. 17, 1976.
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
BB3802.06 Frances Willard's temperance crusade: a political school for women (Episode 6 of 6)

The last in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by...

American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history WBAI, January 30, 1963
AZ0027.04 Fraud in the sciences / produced by Adi Gevins and Laurie Garrett (Episode 4)

An examination of fraud, fudging, and stretching the truth in the sciences. Includes interviews...

American Women -- Health, American Women -- Science and scientists KPFA, Feb. 17, 1977.
BB2441 Free abortion in Los Angeles / Sheila Smith interviewed by Don Porsche

Sheila Smith, a volunteer worker at a short-lived free abortion clinic in Los Angeles, talks...

American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Activists KPFA, April 24, 1970
BB4289 Freedom and the revolution / Hannah Arendt.

German-born political theorist Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975) delivers a talk about the concepts of...

American Women -- Politicians and politics WBAI, 2 Feb. 1966.
BC1041 Freedom is an inside job / Mercedes McCambridge.

Actor Mercedes McCambridge (1916 - 2004) speaking before the Women's National Democratic...

American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Politicians and politics WBAI, 27 Nov. 1972.
BB2293 Freedom of choice: a woman's world - marriage revisited / Dr. Gail Fullerton

Dr. Gail Putney Fullerton, author and Professor of Sociology at San Jose State College,...

American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Reproductive rights KPFA, October 28, 1969
IZ1381 Frieda Aaron reads her poetry

Frieda Aaron, Holocaust survivor, reads some of her poetry and some poetry of her sister,...

American Women -- Poetry WBAI, April 14, 1978
IZ0051 Frieda Aaron, survivor / interviewed by Barbara Londin.

Frieda Aaron, a survivor of three concentration camps and the Warsaw ghetto, tells the story of...

American Women -- International women, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies WBAI, 16 June 1977.
KZ0984 Friends of Leslie

Sue Talbot, Jerry Gumbleton, and the Reverend Dwight Blackstock, three members of Friends for...

American Women -- Activists KPFK, 25 Nov. 1980.
BB0276 From a mountain valley in Nepal / Judith Baumbgartner ; interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson.

Judith P. Baumgartner, a Swiss registered nurse, spent two years in Nepal under the auspices of...

American Women -- International women, American Women -- Health KPFA, August 26, 1962
BB1847 From Coconut Grove / Kenneth Anger and Susan Sontag.

John Cott, host of the Coconut Grove show on KPFA, and co-hosts Tom Luddy and Juris Svendsen...

American Women -- Film and television KPFA, 20 July 1967.
BC0605 From one struggle to another / Miriam Schapiro interviewed by Judy Chicago

Painter Miriam Schapiro is interviewed by Judy Chicago, about her life and struggles as a woman...

American Women -- Art and artists KPFK, 8 Feb. 1972.
AZ0686 From sacred blood to the curse and beyond / by Judy Grahn; produced by Karla Tonella

Judy Grahn on menstruation, mixed with music by Elisabeth Waldo. Writer Judy Grahn reads her...

American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Authors and journalists KPFA, May 8, 1982
AZ0974 From the cancer journals / Audre Lorde.

Live readings by poet, activist and essayist Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) from her non-fiction work...

American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Health KPFA, 1978?.
IZ1145 From the Women's Coffeehouse: A Program of Music & Poetry (Part 1 only)

Recorded live on Saturday night, December 17, 1977, the Women's Coffeehouse put on a...

American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Poetry WBAI, 18 Dec. 1977.
KZ0197.04 Future issues in the women's movement / lecture and interview with Dr. Carl Faber (Episode 4 of 4)

This is the fourth and final episode, "Future issues in the Women's movement," in...

American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences KPFK, 8 March 1977.
BC0209.05 Gail Sheehy / interviewed by Danice Bordett. (Episode 5 of 6)

Gail Sheehy, New York Magazine writer, is interviewed by Danice Bordett about her life and...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, 13 June 1971.
AZ0027.06 Galapagos Islands discovered : evolution of the ocean floor / Dr. John Corliss ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett.

Laurie Garrett interviews Dr. John Corliss of Oregon State University, Corvalis, co-head of the...

American Women -- Science and scientists KPFA, Apr. 11, 1977.
AZ0351 Galicia, USSR / interview by William Mandel

Jewish woman describes her life in Galicia (formerly "Galitsia"), Ukraine and her...

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Announcer introduces the program as Soviet Scene, but tape box is labeled Soviet Lives, both of...

American Women -- International women KPFA, August 20, 1979
AZ0430 Gay and pregnant: interview with expectant lesbian mother / produced by Philip Maldari

A gay lifestyle does not necessarily exclude parenthood. Many gay men and lesbians were parents...

American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children KPFA, April 5, 1980
BC0283 Gay Liberation's Natural Ally : Of Course, Women's Lib / Jim Rankin ; interviewed by Cy Schoenfeld.

KPFA commentator Cy Schoenfeld interviews Jim "Elijah" Rankin, San Francisco Gay...

American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences KPFA, 31 Aug. 1971.
IZ0175 Gay moments in straight music / produced by Rudy Grillo.

A program on popular songs from the last seventy-five years featuring male-to-male and female-to...

American Women -- Music and musicians WBAI, July 25, 1979.
IZ0008 Gay poetry / read by Alma Routsong and Ronald Gold.

Alma Routsong, author of "Patience and Sarah" under the pen name Isabel Miller, and...

American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Lesbians WBAI, Sept. 2, 1975.
KZ0706 Gayjavu / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Greg Gordon.

The past ten years in gay history are reviewed through popular music and news: consenting adults...

American Women -- Lesbians KPFK, 27 June 1979.
KZ1138 Gays in the media / Newt Dieter and Arlene Raven interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth and Greg Gordon

Helene Rosenbluth and Greg Gordon talk with Dr. Newton "Newt" Dieter, clinical...

American Women -- Lesbians KPFK, June 20, 1981.
AZ0581.04 Genetic hazards / produced by Michael Singsen and Mary Shinoff. (Episode 4 of 5)

How do the jobs we do affect our unborn generations? What are genetic toxins? How can we protect...

American Women -- Health, American Women -- Work and unions KPFA, July 1981
WZ0065 Geology, sexism and racism / produced by Rich Pollack.

The field of geology has long been considered a club with the petro, coal and mining companies....

American Women -- Work and unions WPFW, June 7, 1977.
BC0755 Germaine Greer in Berkeley.

Germaine Greer, author of "The Female Eunuch", speaking at the University of...

American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Violence against women KPFA, 26 Aug. 1971.
BC0051 Germaine Greer speaks at the National Press Club.

Germaine Greer (b. January 29, 1939), academic and author (The Female Eunuch) speaks at the...

American Women -- Feminism WBAI, ca. 18 May 1971; 14 Aug. 1971; KPFA, 15 July 1971.
AZ1221 Germaine Greer with Muriel Murch

Australian author Germaine Greer (born in Australia, 1939) is interviewed by KPFA's Muriel...

American Women -- Feminism KPFA, 1992?
AZ1109 Gertrude Stein: a feminist look at the woman and the author / produced by Linda Schiffman

A historical and critical documentary about writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Different voices...

American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Authors and journalists KPFA, May 19, 1975
BC2373 Global speak-out at the U.N. International Women's Year Conference, 1975

Finding even the less formal Tribune too constricting for real communication, non-governmental...

American Women -- International women, American Women -- Activists KPFK, 16 Sep. 1975
BC2871 Gloria Emerson on her two years in Vietnam.

An interview with New York Times reporter Gloria Emerson, who relates her experiences in Vietnam...

American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Vietnam conflict WBAI, 27 Aug. 1972.
IZ0895 Gloria Naylor interviewed about her novel The Women of Brewster Place

Raw tape of Gloria Naylor, Black woman author, interviewed by Doris Austin[?] about her novel...

American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, 1982
BC1298 Gloria Steinem speaks on sexism and racism.

Gloria Steinem, feminist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, speaks about deep-seeded sexism and...

American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination KPFA, 26 Jan. 1973.
BC3011 Goddesses, whores, wives and slaves / Sarah Pomeroy ; interviewed by Viv Sutherland.

Viv Sutherland talks with Professor Sarah B. Pomeroy, associate professor in the Department of...

American Women -- Women's history WBAI, 28 Feb. 1976.
BB4280 Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister

GOLDA MEIR : ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. Talk delivered at a United Jewish Appeal dinner. RECORDED...

American Women -- Politicians and politics WBAI, 197-
AZ0078 Got the blues / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi

"Got the Blues" is the story of rape, robbery and big big business. "Got the...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, 19 May 1977
IZ1480 Government surveillance and the control of women: Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

This recording contains of excerpts (not complete) of the panel "Government Surveillance and the...

American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Women's history WBAI, ca. June 18, 1981?
KZ3772 Governor Reagan's Ladies Day address to the Commonwealth Club

Governor Ronald Reagan's Ladies' Day address to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco...

American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences, American Women -- Politicians and politics KPFA, 1969?
AZ0471 Great women

Series record for Great women series. BROADCAST: KPFA, 1979.

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KPFA, 1979.
AZ1120 Group interview with Rita Mae Brown, Sally Gearhardt, Zoe Nawoe, and Ellen Dubrowin

Group interview with Rita Mae Brown, poet and author of Songs to a Handsome Woman (Diana Press,...

American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Activists KPFA, January 7, 1973
BB4263 Groups / moderated by Robert Kuttner

Dr. Bruce Maliver, Dr. Martin Shepard, and Terry Becker discuss different approaches to group...

American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy WBAI, March 29, 1971
BB0333 Grow old with 17 million others / Clark Tibbitts interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

Dr. Clark Tibbitts, Deputy director of the Special Staff on Aging, a staff agency to the...

American Women -- Health, American Women -- Aging KPFA, November 13, 1962
BC1015 Growing up female in the 50s / produced by Brett Vuolo.

Documentary on sex stereotyping in American during the 1950s. Producer Brett Vuolo introduces it...

American Women -- Beauty and body image, American Women -- Sex WBAI, October 16 1972 and KPFA, March 1979.
KZ1072 Growing up free / Letty Cottin Pobregin interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

Letty Cottin Pogrebin wrote a guide for non-sexist child-rearing, "Growing up free......

American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Feminism KPFK, Dec. 12, 1980.
IZ1181 Gwen Avery in Concert

A performance by jazz and gospel singer Gwen Avery in concert at Cooper Union's Great Hall...

American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Lesbians WBAI, 15 Dec. 1979.
AZ1657 Gwen Avery performing at KPFA

Gospel and blues singer Gwen Avery (1943 - 2014) performs in KPFA's Studio B on January 30...

American Women -- Music and musicians KPFA, January 30, 1977
BB1910 Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones poetry reading

This is a recording of the session during which Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)...

American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination KPFA, 3 Oct. 1964.
BC1110 Gypsy Rose Lee / interviewed by Herb Feinstein.

Burlesque actress Gypsy Rose Lee (1911 - 1970) discusses her life in the theater with Herb...

American Women -- Theater KPFA, 28 Sep. 1965.
BB1356 Hal Draper's commentary on the San Francisco Examiner's attack on Women for Peace

Hal Draper, socialist activist and author comments on the San Francisco Examiner's attack...

American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Authors and journalists KPFA, May 23 or May 24, 1962
KZ0528 Halloween with a witch / Z. Budapest ; interviewed by Roy E. Tuckman.

A very engaging conversation with witch Z Budapest about the history of witchcraft, or natural...

American Women -- New age/Wicca KPFK, Nov. 1, 1978.
IZ0180.03 Hannah - A Jewish Feminist Opera

An interview with Dr. Leonard Lehrman, composer of the Jewish feminist opera Hannah, and Charles...

American Women -- Theater WBAI, December 9, 1982
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