American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Genre	Broadcast Date
BC2631	Older women / produced by Viv Sutherland.	A collection of tapes from the National Organization of Women-New York City (NY-NOW) conference...	American Women -- Aging	WBAI, June 1975.
KZ0046	Olivia Records: women in the recording industry	Ginny Berson talks about Olivia Records, women musicians, and women in the recording industry....	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, Nov. 16, 1976.
KZ0977	On a clear day in L.A. / Denise Levertov interviewed by Anita Frankel	Denise Levertov reads her poetry and talks with Anita Frankel about her politics and her life,...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, Nov. 21, 1980.
BB5215	On collecting art and boards of trustees in art museums / interview by Clare Spark.	Art collectors and museum trustees Joann and Gifford Phillips, discuss museums and collecting...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 21 Feb. 1971.
BB5129	On not liking kitsch	Harold Rosenberg's essay "Pop Culture: Kitsch Criticism" read by Clare Loeb and...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 29 Oct. 1971.
BC0389	On Sylvia Plath	Actresses Sondra Lowell, Jay MacIntosh, Juliana McCarthy, Constance Pfeiffer, Judith Roberts,...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	KPFK, 1 Oct. 1971.
AZ0483	On the road to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.	Actualities -- Democratic Party Convention coverage. New York, 1980 (Aug.) Includes: Ron Dellums...	American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFA, August 1980
BC0598	On the streets of Derry : a memorial to the Irish dead / Bernadette Devlin ; interviews by Sean McStephen.	A documentary commemorating the 13 Irish civilians killed by English soldiers on Bloody Sunday,...	American Women -- International women	KPFK, 3 Feb and 2 May 1972.
IZ1348	One night of love: Victoria's closet (Part 2 only)	Victoria's closet: dramatized excerpts of Victorian erotica, broadcast as part of "One...	American Women -- Sex	WBAI, May 17, 1979.
BB3312	One touch of Nature / written and read by Mary McCarthy	Novelist Mary McCarthy delivers the Harcourt Brace lecture at Columbia University. She is...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, December 24, 1961
AZ0052	Open every eye / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy	This is a documentary/collage on Ireland, quick scan past and present, from 1169 to the Easter...	American Women -- International women	KPFA, March 17, 1977
KZ0451.05	Openness vs. pseudomasculinity / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 5 of 7)	This is the fifth of seven lectures given by Dr. Albert Ross at UCLA in 1976. The essence of the...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, Jan. 25, 1978.
BB5041	Orange crest homes have no breasts / Rebecca Newman.	Repertory Unlimited and KPFK Presents a reading of the play "Orange Crest Homes Have No...	American Women -- Theater	KPFK, 30 Apr. 1970.
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
BC1539	Other people's houses	The half-hour serial reading program “Continued tomorrow” featured “Other people’s houses” by...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	WBAI, December 14-15, 1972.
BB2486	Our children / George Roth interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson	George Roth, physician and member of the Committee of Responsibility, talks with Elsa Knight...	American Women -- Vietnam conflict, American Women -- Health	KPFA, May 1970
IZ0893	Our city, our lives: Women's work, women's health- Jeanne Stellman interviewed by Celeste Wesson	Jeanne Stellman interviewed by Celeste Wesson for the Public Affairs Department. of WBAI, NY....	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, March 6, 1978
BC1522	Our days in court / produced by Fran Watkins and Isabel Welsh.	Overview of the history of legal issues concerning women, including name changes in marriage...	American Women -- Law	KPFA, 25 June 1973.
KZ1207	Our sheroes and heroes / Maya Angelou ; interviewed by Susan Anderson.	Recording contains Susan Anderson's 1976 interview with Maya Angelou, talking about her new...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 24 Feb. 1982
KZ1217	Ourselves, our children / produced by Pearl Skotnes.	February 14th, 1979 episode of "Holding up more than half the sky". Segments include:...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, Feb. 14, 1979.
AZ0471.05	Out of the kitchen and into the sweat shop : the story of working women in America / produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. (Episode 5 of 7)	A survey of the lives and works of Emma Goldman, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Jane Addams,...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	KPFA, July 16, 1979.
BB4271	Out of wedlock / produced by Celestine Ware	Interviews with unmarried mothers and an examination of their problems and ideas. Presented in...	American Women -- Parenting and children	WBAI, June 9, 1971
KZ1082	Out on the job : when to disclose your identity / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and David Fradkin.	"Ms. X," Joan Sprague, Jay Johnson, and Greg describe their experiences of being gay...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 20 June 1981.
TZ0031	Ozark rap: experiences of women in the mid 1930s to the 1960s / produced by Clara Kern	This is an episode of Clara Kern's special series "Ozark rap." In this program...	American Women -- Women's history	KPFT, July 1981 and November 1984? (see folio)
IZ0440.01	P.O.N.Y. (Prostitutes of New York): Decriminalization of Prostitution	Iris De La Cruz, chairperson of Prostitutes of New York, interviews Yolanda Jones from Black...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 9 Apr. 1980.
IZ0440.02	P.O.N.Y. (Prostitutes of New York): Pornography	Iris De La Cruz interviews artist and activist Annie Sprinkle, who describes her experience...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 3 Sep. 1980.
KZ0993	Pacific Asian women poets / introduced by Joyce Nako	Joyce Nako of Pacific Asian-American Women Writers-West introduces the following writers: Momoko...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 1980?; rebroadcast as en episode of Women's Magazine, Nov. 13, 1982.
KZ1137	Pacific Asian women poets / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.	Members of the Pacific Asian American Women Writers West (PAAWW-W/CPOW) read their poetry:...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, Mar. 4, 1981.
BC1719.03	Pagan press review: Anti-defamation attempts by Pagans (Episode 3 of 4)	this third episode of Pagan press review will focus on modern day persecution and defamation of...	American Women -- New age/Wicca	WBAI, Mar. 28 1974.
BC1719.02	Pagan press review: Matriarchy (Episode 2 of 4)	This second program in the series "Pagan press review" will take up the question of...	American Women -- New age/Wicca	WBAI, February 28, 1974
BC1719.01	Pagan press review: Wiccan feminist journals (Episode 1 of 4)	A program reviewing the journalism of contemporary earth religions such as Feraferia, the Church...	American Women -- New age/Wicca, American Women -- Environmentalism	WBAI, 27 Jan. 1974
BC1719.04	Pagan press review: A rational view of magic (Episode 4 of 4)	This program attempts to come up with a definition of magic acceptable to even the most hardened...	American Women -- New age/Wicca	WBAI, 25 Apr. 1974
BC2875.02	Pamela Allen / interviewed by Julius Lester	Feminist activist Pamela Allen speaks with host Julius Lester about the difficulty in organizing...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, 5 May 1968.
BB0130.14	Panel discussion on women (Episode 14 of 14)	Discussion of the woman's struggle for social equality. Panelists include Mark Shorer, English...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Women's history	KPFA, 11 Feb. 1959
BB1485	Parents against the draft / interviews by Lou Hartman	Lou Hartman talks with a psychiatrist, an electrical engineer, a teacher in a medical school, a...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Vietnam conflict	KPFA, December 18, 1967
BC1805	Pat Loud from "An American Family" / interviewed by Barbara Cady	Barbara Cady talks with Pat Loud about her new autobiography and her role in the WNET television...	American Women -- Film and television	KPFK, April 19, 1974
AZ0631.04	Pauline Bart interviewed by Paula Darte	Dr. Pauline Bart, feminist sociologist at Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine in Chicago, is...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Violence against women	KPFA, January 29, 1979
KZ0294	Pearls that coalesce / by Loretta Lottman	Los Angeles Theater of the Ear (LATE) presents "Pearls that coalesce" by Loretta...	American Women -- Theater, American Women -- Sex	KPFK, Aug. 16, 1977.
BC2279	Peggy Cass / interviewed by Bruce Kenyon.	American actress, comedian and television personality Peggy Cass (1924-1999) discusses her...	American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, 1975 (day unknown)
AZ0431	Peggy Seeger at KPFA / produced by Susan Kernes	Peggy Seeger visited KPFA and talked about performing, writing music, why she doesn't call...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Relatives of notable men	KPFA, December 22, 1979; January 6, 1981; October 28, 1981
BC2945.05	Penelope Gilliatt interviewed by Anne Fremantle (Episode 5 of 5)	Anne Fremantle interviews Penelope Gilliatt (1932 - 1993) -- film critic for the New Yorker,...	American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, 29 Mar. 1976.
BC0717	Penelope's web / produced by Judy Chaikin and Naomi Pollack	A free-form tapestry woven from music, poetry, myths, literature, and drama by and about women....	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 16 and 23, 1972
BC1817	Pensamientos femeninos	The perspective of five Chicanas in today's movement, featuring Adelaida Del Castillo,...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 27 May 1974
IZ0528.02	People's law update: Affirmative action - where do we go from here?	Bob Lefcourt speaks with Judith Layzer from the office of Contract Compliance of New York City;...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, March 3, 1979
IZ0528.01	People's law update: Lennox Hinds interviewed by Bob Lefcourt	Bob Lefcourt speaks with attorney Lennox Hinds from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, June 6, 1979
AZ0130	People's theatre magazine: October 1977	People's Theatre Magazine: October 1977. Part 1: Interviews with three men of San Francisco...	American Women -- Comedians, American Women -- Theater	KPFA, Oct. 9, 1977.
IZ1419	Performing poets: a benefit reading at the St. Mark's Poetry Project, October 1975	On October 29, 1975, WBAI taped the Rinpoche Benefit Poetry Reading at St. Mark's Church in...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 6, 1976
KZ1199.16	Personal views / by Winona LaDuke.	Winona LaDuke, a Chippewa Indian woman who is an environmental activist, talks about how Native...	American Women -- Environmentalism	KPFK, Nov. 24, 1982.
BB4450.02	Perspectives in therapy: October 21, 1971	Helen Landgarten, art therapist, hosts a panel of people representing the Betsy Wooden Center...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, 21 Oct. 1971.
BB4450.01	Perspectives in therapy: September 24, 1971	Helen Landgarten, art therapist, examines differing approaches to psychiatric practice in the...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, 24 Sep. 1971.
IZ1471	Perspectives on criminal justice: Women in and after prison	Perspectives on Criminal Justice for August 19, 1981, likely the first episode. Guest is Sister...	American Women -- Activists	WBAI, 29 Aug 1981
BC1540	Petticoat politics: the rise and fall of the phallic empire / produced by Jon Doyle	This is an historical recreation of the struggle which American women had to be heard and, more...	American Women -- Women's history	KPFT, July 24, 1972
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
AZ1680	Phumzile Zulu interviewed by Laurie Garrett	Laurie Garrett interviews Phumzile Zulu at the 11th Annual People's World Banquet at...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- International women	KPFA, November 15, 1980
BB0722.02	Physically adult, mentally unprepared / Ernest Page. (Episode 2 of 12)	The first speaker in the symposium "The Uncertain Quest - The Dilemmas of Sex Education...	American Women -- Sex	KPFA, 10 Apr. 1965.
IZ1483	Physicist Freda Salzman interviewed by Eileen Zalisk	On this episode of Women in Science, Eileen Zalisk interviews physicist Freda Salzman (1927 -...	American Women -- Science and scientists, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, ca. 1979 (date unknown)
IZ1375	Piercing the Veil: Our Voices Can Be Heard writer's congress	Recording of the panel "Piercing the Veil: Our Voices Can Be Heard. The impact that writers...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, 1983? (date unknown)
BB1802	Planned parenthood in the ghetto / Emily Lewis and Dr. Edward Lampley interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson	Dr. Edward Lampley and Emily Lewis talk with Elsa Knight Thompson about the problems of birth...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFA, April 16, 1968
BB3344	Poems / written and read by Muriel Rukeyser.	Poet reads selections of her own work. pt.1. Song -- pt.2. Are you born -- pt.3. Haying before...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, 19 Oct. 1962.
TZ0027	Poems from a woman's experience/ written and read by Clara Kern	A woman's voice - Features poetry written and read by producer/poet Clara Kern. Broadcast...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFT, July 1982.
BB3974	Poems from uppity women / produced by Karen Lindsey	A reading of poems by feminists Robin Morgan, Jean Tepperman, Lynn Strongin and Martha Shelley....	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, April 25, 1970; October 29, 1970
BC0418	Poems of Janet Sage.	Janet Redemann Sage reads her poetry, including several from her first collection entitled...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFA, 27 Feb. 1970.
BC0417	Poems of Joyce Peseroff.	Joyce Peseroff reads selections from her work. She is a former student of Queens College, winner...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFA, 30 Nov.1969.
BC0175	Poet Karen Stanley reads her work.	Karen Stanley, 23-year-old Bay Area poet, reads selections of her work. Stanley was born and...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFA, 31 May 1971.
BB3657	Poet May Swenson reads from her book To Mix With Time	Poet May Swenson (1913-1989) reads selections from her forthcoming book of new and selected...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, 7 Sept. 1962.
AZ1672	Poet Rosalie Moore reads her work	Bay Area poet Rosalie Moore (1910-2000) reads from her work and talks about her life. Poems read...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFA, ca. June 20, 1977.
AZ1144	Poetry from Violence (Edited) / Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco	Poetry from Violence (edited version), a poetry reading in conjunction with the San Francisco...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Violence against women	KPFA, ca. November 19, 1976
BB3895	Poetry occasional: two lady poets	Poetry reading. Henrietta Weigel and Helene Mullins are two lady poets who share much in common...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, April 18, 1968
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
IZ1432	Poetry reading: Barbara Holland and Paul Oppenheimer	Barbara Holland reads selections from her book "Crises of Rejuvenation:" Crises of...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, March 1, 1975
BB4062	Political positions on sex / moderated by Kay Lindsey.	Anne Koedt, Lila Karp, Kate Millett, and Roxanne Dunbar (Ortiz) discuss sexuality and possible...	American Women -- Radical Feminism	WBAI, 24 May 1969.
BC2908.02	Political responses and perspectives on the future / moderated by Linda Strawn (Episode 2 of 5)	Panel discusses the traditional categories of response to the future; the recently established...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, 10 Mar. 1976.
BB1703	Poor diet in pregnancy: cause of toxemia / panel moderated by Lou Hartman	A panel discussion with Dr. Howard Jacobson, associate professor of obstetrics at the University...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFA, July 18, 1967
BB0040	Population and birth control / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson	A panel discussion in the KPFA studio regarding population and birth control, moderated by Elsa...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Religion	KPFA, July 29, 1960
BC2088	Population control as the new fascism : Germaine Greer at UCLA.	Germaine Greer (1939 - ), Australian theorist, feminist and academic, speaks at UCLA, November,...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, 17 Jan. 1975.
BB0043	Population report / produced and narrated by Elsa Knight Thompson and Dale Minor	Program produced and narrated by Elsa Knight Thompson. Readings of articles about the world...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Religion	KPFA, December 28, 1959
KZ1084	Pornography and silence / Susan Griffin	Susan Griffin, noted feminist author, discusses the thesis of her book "Pornography and...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, Aug. 1981. First KPFK broadcast Jan. 6, 1982.
KZ1083	Pornography and the law / produced by Catherine Stifter.	A panel concerning pornography and the law from the ACLU conference Should Government Interfere...	American Women -- Law, American Women -- Sex	KPFK, 28 Oct. 1981.
BC1097	Portrait of a dedicated woman : Elizabeth Gurley Flynn	Communist, feminist activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) is interviewed (by William...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, January 31, 1960 and WPFW, August 7, 1977
BC1158	Portrait of a woman / interviewed by Louisa Sellers.	The subject of the following interview chose to remain anonymous. She is a 24 year old Puerto...	American Women -- Marriage and divorce	WBAI, 4 Feb. 1972.
BC2928	Portrait of an unknown lady: the life and work of Elinor Wylie / with readings by Marian Seldes.	Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes reads the words of the poetess Elinor Wylie. In this...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	WBAI, 23 Aug. 1976.
BC2815.06	Post Civil War girls and the American nightmare / Cynthia Wolff (Program 6 of 6)	Cynthia Wolff, Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, takes a look...	American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, 1975
IZ0391.02	Post ERA: Denise Fuge and Gail Gabler	Nancy Kramer speaks with Denise Fuge, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)-New...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, July 29, 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
BC0589	Pro-life council / produced by Portia Shapiro and Fran Watkins.	The Pro-Life Council, an umbrella organization of anti-abortion groups in California, held a...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFA, 11 Dec. 1971.
BB5222	Problems of architecture in Los Angeles: Frank Gehry and John Pastier / interviewed by Clare Spark.	John Pastier (1939 - ), architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times, and Frank Gehry (1929...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 3 Aug. 1970.
BC0656	Professionals in crisis: call girls and prostitutes	Mary Bess and Peggy Holter interview three prostitutes, two male and one female, about the...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 24 Feb. 1972
BB0521.06	Profiles of the vanishing father / Michael Lerner (Episode 6 of 15)	Part 6 of KPFA's presentation of the University of California's Medical Center Conference "The...	American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFA, June 19, 1965
KZ0845	Progressive teachers in Los Angeles / Cricket Potash and Jeff Horton interviewed by Joan Vogel and Clare Spark	United Teachers Los Angeles members Cricket Potash and Jeff Horton discuss teaching conditions...	American Women -- Education	KPFK, Jan. 20, 1980.
BC0745	Promise her anything / produced by Caryl Ratner.	Promise her anything...and give her whatever she'll buy. A look at the cosmetics industry...	American Women -- Beauty and body image	WBAI, 20 Apr. 1972.
BC2917	Prostitution / Marilyn Haft and Susan Maurer ; interviewed by Viv Sutherland.	Susan Maurer, Vice President of NOW-NY and Chair of NOW's Committee on Prostitution, and...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 1976.
KZ0338	Prostitution and the law	In April 1977, the sixth annual "Women and the law" conference was held at University...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Law	KPFK, July 6, 1977
BC2013	PSI discoveries	Barbara Cady talks with Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder, authors of "Psychic...	American Women -- New age/Wicca	KPFK, 24 Jun 1974
KZ1173	Psychic stress analysis of Patty Hearst / by Larry Atterbury	Unidentified interviewer talks with Larry Atterbury of KTTV Channel 11 Television in Los Angeles...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, Apr. 1974.
IZ1477	Puerto Rican protest theater / Cafe Teatro de Protesta	Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement's new nightclub, Cafe...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, January 14, 1972
IZ1147	Quarry / by Meredith Monk ; interview by Charles Ruas.	Charles Ruas interviews Meredith Monk about the adaptation of her opera Quarry for radio....	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Radio	WBAI, 10 Sep. 1976.
AZ0681	Race and class: patriarchal politics and women's experience / Bettina Aptheker	The politics of privilege. How does racism work to distort and lessen White women's lives?...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Feminism	KPFA, December 4, 1982
BB0430	Rachel Carson : a memorial appreciation	A memorial program for biologist Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964), author of "Silent spring,...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFA, 8 July 1964; 16 Aug. 1964.
BB2348	Racism and the urban crisis / Shirley Chisholm.	Speech by Shirley Chisholm of New York, the nation's first Black Congresswoman, on racial...	American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFA, 6 Feb. 1970.
AZ1761	Racism in the Women's movement (Part 1 only)	In this program, guests talk about the racism forum "Racism in the Women's movement:...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, December 6, 1980

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