Program

Limited choices for Black America / Lola McAlpin-Grant

This is a recording of a talk given by Dr. Lola McAlpin-Grant, former assistant Dean of Loyola Law School. She reconstructs the history of denied birth rights for African Americans since the days of slavery. Because Black women have had to struggle for equality along with other minorities, there has only been a small portion of the pie made available.

Women and power : a look at legal issues and legislation affecting women / Carol Burris.

The speaker this week on Five-College Forum, Carol Burris, a prominent lobbyist for women's rights and a legislative expert in the field, president of the Women's Lobby, a Washington, D.C. lobbying group, she's also coordinator of the NOW task force on the Equal Rights Amendment, and a member of the national and the D.C. women's political caucus.

Voices from within: interviews with women serving long-term sentences in prison

Interviews with women serving long-term sentences at the New York State Correctional Facility at Bedford Hills, and are part of the group Long-termers Committee of the New York State Correctional Facility at Bedford Hills.

National Women's Political Caucus: Biennial Convention, Boston 1975

Reporting and actuality from the National Women's Political Caucus Biennial Convention, held in Boston, MA from June 27-29, 1975. Reporting and interviews conducted by WBAI's Lin Daniels, from a lesbian perspective. Speakers on this recording include Bella Abzug, Jean O'Leary (1948-2005), Nathalie "Nath" Rockhill, Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944).

The true believers

Discussion of the parallel experiences of women who grew up in various ideologies. Guests are Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, who grew up a Jehovah's Witness; Brett Harvey Vuolo, a Catholic who spent a period of time in a convent; Vivian Gornik, who grew up in a leftist, progressive home; and Laura Scanlon, who grew up Italian Catholic in a small town.

Women in advertising.

Discussion of the presentation and exploitation of women by mass media advertising held at the Advertising Club of New York on Friday, December 15th, 1972. The subject of the panel is "Womanpower." The moderator is Joyce Snyder, former executive managing director of Art Directors Magazine and image coordinator for the NY chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Women's poetry evening at WBAI's Studio C

Reading of poetry by and about women, held in WBAI's Studio C--the first live women's poetry event at WBAI. Poets reading are: Daniela Gioseffi (b. 1941), Erica Jong (b. 1942), Audre Lorde (1934-1992), Jane Mayhall (1918-2009), and Robin Morgan (b. 1941). Music by: Roberta Cosi[sp?], Arlene Mendes[sp?], Beechee Forbes[sp?]. Produced by Mimi Anderson and Brett Vuolo.

The Politics of making it.

Women artists and writers discuss and examine the anatomy of success and its relationship to power, influence and self-fulfillment. The participants are Shirley Clarke, filmmaker; Louise Nevelson, sculptor; Rosalyn Drexler, playwright; and Vivian Gornick, writer and moderator of the discussion. Recorded at the Women's InterArt Center in New York City.

The abortion battle rages on

Ida Honorof interviews Dr. Paul Marx, Professor of Sociology at St. John's University and author of "The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn" and Mary Petrinovich of the National Organization of Women (NOW) and the Women's Clinic in Los Angeles, about the controversy surrounding the legalization of abortion.

The Changing lives of women around the globe.

A report on the subject of changes that have taken place in women's lives in India, Japan, Eastern Europe, Mexico and Sweden. Education, job opportunities, family living situations and legal rights are compared and contrasted. Margaret Cormack speaks about India and Japan. Helga Lohr-Bailey speaks about the socialist countries of Eastern Europe. Dr. May N.

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