Episode

The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 23, 1981

Aircheck of The Velvet Sledgehammer from December 23, 1981. Hosted and produced by Judy Pasternak. Today's episode about women and work.

The Velvet Sledgehammer - November 25, 1981: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on abortion law (Part 1 only)

Production reel for the November 25, 1981 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Producer Eileen Zalisk introduces the program, a continuation of the Women's Department's presentation of tapes edited and selected from the hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Constitution, the hearings on the topic of abortion.

The Velvet Sledgehammer: July 21, 1981

Produced by Eileen Zalisk. On this episode: Women and family in Israel, by Blossom Neuschatz, including an interview with "Ruth and Rabin" in Jerusalem Air-check. This may be Part 1 of 2, but the archives does not hold part 2.

The Velvet Sledgehammer - August 26, 1980: Women's Equality Day 1980

Edited selections from Women's Equality Day rally in Bryant part 26 Aug 1980. Also called "Women 80." 1980 marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Suffrage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Speeches focus on the the state of women in 1980. Part one opens with chanting, then a speech by Rosemary Gaffney.

The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 4, 1980

Production reel for June 4, 1980 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Includes recording of Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916-2000) speaking on ways women can use boycotting as a way of protest; activist Freda Rosen (1945– 2007) is interviewed about the Coalition of Grassroots Women and the upcoming Women's Convention (June 22, 1980); 3.

The Velvet Sledgehammer: February 13, 1980

Program contains a report on a recent women's basketball game between the New York Stars and the Dallas Diamonds of the Women's Basketball League and recording of Meg Christian performing "Ode to a Gym Teacher".

The Velvet Sledgehammer: May 9, 1979

This program contains a review of Alive!, a women's jazz group from Berkeley, and a review of Edwina Tyler's "A Piece of the World" dance and percussion performance. Merlin Stone presents a piece of Goddess lore (cut off). Community announcements. Fatima Kahlil from Turkey speaks about the veil of women in Iran, and finally author Kate Millet (b.

The Velvet Sledgehammer: April 4, 1979

The program features the story of Karen Silkwood, a labor union activist. Silkwood was a worker at Kerr-McGee Plant in Crescent, Oklahoma that made fuel rods for plutonium, which is the most fatal of radioactive substances.

The Velvet Sledgehammer: January 17, 1979

Author Esther Newton reads selections from her unpublished novel "Alice-Hunting," about a character who idolizes Gertrude Stein. Judy Pasternak interviews Noreen Connell, outgoing president of the National Organization for Women, New York chapter (NOW-NY) and Kathy Rauch[sp?], candidate in the upcoming elections for NOW-NY, in the first in an ongoing series on women's organizations.

Lesbian perspectives (Part 2): the Christmas holiday

The Real Live Lesbian Show's lesbian Christmas special, also called "Lesbian Perspectives, Part 2". Hosted by Rebecca Tron and Carmen Garcia, featuring Rose Jordan and Eileen Kane. Discussion and listener calls. Lesbian Perspectives Part 1 not in the collection.

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