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The womanly woman (Episode 9 of 14)

This recording centers on a story about a woman aboard ship with a group of men. The scene is taken from The Lady of The Aroostook written by William Dean Howells in 1879. This is the ninth episode of the fourteen-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959.

The Tree of knowledge (Episode 8 of 14)

On the gradual growth of opportunity for women to attain a secondary education during the early 1800s.

The Nineteenth century Minerva (Episode 7 of 14)

Examination of Margaret Fuller and her writings which call for greater women's rights, including a reading of an excerpt of The Blithesdale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This is the seventh in of the 14-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959.

Cops and robbers IIIB: Crime and punishment in California

Assemblyman John Vasconcellos of Santa Clara County and Robin Lamson discuss proposed legislation for reducing prison sentences and Lamson's report "Crime and penalties in California" prepared by the Assembly Office of Research for the Assembly Committee on Criminal Procedure. Herb Kutchins of San Francisco Bail Project moderates. Part 2 of 2.

Whistlin' girls (Episode 6 of 15)

Dramatization of the Lucy Stone legend and the problems facing women who seek to be heard at public gatherings (ca. 1834). Episode six out of fourteen in the series. The series was written and directed by Virginia Maynard and produced by Maynard and Chuck Levy, narrated by Levy, and engineered by David Talcott.

Revolution (Episode 5 of 14)

On the beginnings of feminist organizing in the mid 19th century, with a dramatization of the first women's rights convention and Elizabeth Cady Stanton reading a new "Declaration of Independence for Women." Also contains readings of some of the negative newspaper coverage of the Seneca Falls Convention. This is the fifth episode of fourteen in the series.

Lucretia Mott (Episode 4 of 14)

Biographical sketch with dramatization of the life and actions of the feminist abolitionist Lucretia Mott.

Liberty, equality, and fraternity (Episode 3 of 14)

On women's view of their role in Colonial life. Contains dramatic readings of Benjamin Franklin's "The Speech of Polly Baker," excerpts from the letters of Abigail Adams, and Charles Brockden Brown's "Alcuin: a Dialogue." Episode three of the 14-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959.

A Woman speaks: Anne Hutchison (Episode 2 of 14)

Dramatization of Anne Hutchison's trial for non-orthodox religious activities in colonial Massachusetts. Episode two of the 14-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959. The series was written and directed by Virginia Maynard and produced by Maynard and Chuck Levy, narrated by Levy, and engineered by David Talcott and James Cano.

Sinful Eve / produced by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy (Episode 1 of 14)

This episode is on the long-standing view of woman's responsibility for man's sins. Contains a dramatization of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." Part one of the 14-part series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959.

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