Program

Dial 'O' for operator / produced by Bonnie Bellow and Nanette Rainone.

Examination of the New York Telephone worker. Includes interviews with Louella Smith, who filed charges of racial discrimination with the State Division of Human Rights against New York Telephone and had her case taken up by the Center for United Labor Action, as well as other operators, service representatives and management.

Whose freedom next? / Tom Wicker

This is a recording of the 1972 Carlos Kelly McClatchy Memorial Lecture "Whose freedom next?" given by Tom Wicker at Stanford University. Wicker's talk is regarding American Civil liberties, and is followed by a question and answer period. Introduced by Lyle Nelson.

Human experimentation / Marcia Greenberg ; interviewed by David Selvin.

Marcia Greenberg, a Washington, D.C. lawyer, testified recently before a Senate sub-committee that she had interviewed women in Tennessee who were being given an experimental contraceptive injection, without being told that the drug might cause dangerous side-effects. The drug in question is Depo-Provera.

The Governor : a national tragedy / by Frank Dwyer ; produced by Suzan Shown Harjo and Frank Harjo

This is a New York Chamber Theatre production of "The Governor: a National Tragedy" by Frank Dwyer, presented in June, 1972 at the Lincoln Center LMPA Theatre. The play concerns the first Black governor of the state of Mississippi. Directed by Suzan Shown [Harjo], and including the following cast members: Russell Costen, Charles Lutz, Frank Ryan, Frank Bara, and Tony Elitcher.

History of the women's suffrage movement : racism and middle class bias against women / Pam Allen.

Pam Allen focuses on racism and the middle class bias in this talk which, was the first of two presentations on the Suffrage Movement she made for the Bay Area School last January. It was recorded in an extremely crowded classroom, so there are a lot of clunks and bangs which we hope won't bother you. Ms.

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 Rican woman. She is married, has a four year old son, and works as a clerk-typist for Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. She has lived near 168th Street all her life and recently helped start a day care center. The interviewer is Louisa Sellers.

Women in the arts : in memoriam Marilyn Monroe / Judy Grahn, Anna Hartman, Naomi Lowinsky and Rachel Lowen.

A poetry reading by Judy Grahn (1940 - ), author of "Edward the Dyke," Anna Hartman, Naomi Lowinsky and Rachel Loden that is "...a coming together of women poets to reclaim our bodies from the winding sheet of history and celebrate the many forms of women loving women." The reading was given as part of the Bay Area Festival of Women in the Arts, held on Sunday, October 1, 19

Gypsy Rose Lee / interviewed by Herb Feinstein.

Burlesque actress Gypsy Rose Lee (1911 - 1970) discusses her life in the theater with Herb Feinstein. She discusses some of the highlights of her career as well as her relationship with her family.

Diahann Carroll at the Fairmont interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Dr. Feinstein talks with the star of stage, screen, supper clubs and television about the problems of being a black actress in Hollywood films. Diahann Carroll discusses her relationship with her mother, her history, and her career. Carroll was the first African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker.

Hermione Gingold at the Geary Theater / interviewed by Herbert Feinstein.

British actor Hermione Gingold (1897 - 1987) chats with Herbert Feinstein in her dressing room at the Geary Theater in San Francisco about her career in the theater. Topics range from her current role as Madame Rosepettle in Arthur Kopit's "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" to her admiration of Charlie Chaplin.

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