Episode

Karen Swenson reads her poetry.

Poet Karen Swenson reads selections from her own work. This recording is Part 1 of a two part reading. Pacifica does not currently have Part 2. This program was produced by Paul Oppenheimer for the Drama and Literature Department of WBAI

Victoria Sullivan reads her poetry

Poet Victoria Sullivan reads selections from her own work. This program was produced by Paul Oppenheimer, with technical direction by David Marks and Richard Harris.

The Treatment of cancer / produced by Bonnie Bellow. (Episode 3 of 11)

Three doctors, all heads of their departments in their respective fields of surgery, radiology and chemo-therapy, discuss the major forms of orthodox cancer treatment. The guests are Dr. Morton Axelrod, Chief of Oncology at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital; Dr. Bernard Roswith, Chief of the Radiation Center at the Bronx Veteran's Hospital, and Dr.

Women in publishing / produced by Viv Sutherland.

Presentations by eight feminist representatives of women's groups at several major publishing houses in New York City, followed by a discussion on the status of women in publishing. Bonnie Harrington from the National Organization for Women introduces the panel on sexism in the work places where text books are produced.

Women in Russia / Diane Feeley.

Lecturing before a class at the National Organization for Women (NOW) offices in New York, Diane Feeley discusses the role of women in Russian history. She relates the early oppression of women in old Russia, when women were nothing more than chattels to their husbands.

Women's liberation in China / Diane Feeley

Diane Feeley, coordinator of National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY)'s Women in the Arts Committee, lectures on the struggle of Chinese women for liberation from their traditional subservient roles. She traces the history of women's labor unions and self-defense groups, and the effect of the 1949 revolution on ending such barbaric practices as slavery, foot-binding and child brides.

The incest taboo / Mariam Slater.

Discussion of society, incest, and institutionalized marriage outside the family with Anthropology Professor Mariam Slater of Queens College.

Women, culture, and society / Diane Feeley.

An historical examination of the development of women's societal role traced by Diane Feeley, Coordinator of Women in the Arts Committee of National Organization for Women (NOW), New York. Feeley gives examples of past societies in which women were more productive and played a far more active role than our own.

Women in the Judeo-Christian tradition / Rosyln Lacks

A lecture and discussion with Roslyn Lacks, writer for the Village Voice, of the religious/cultural background of Judaism and/or Christianity and its effect on women.

Women to women : European feminists / Bonnie Charles Bluh.

Viv Sutherland interviews Bonnie Charles Bluh, author of "Women to Women: European Feminists," about the Women's movement in Europe.

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