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Rochelle Owens reads her poetry

Poet Rochelle Owens reads selections of her work. Owens is the award-winning author of many controversial and innovative plays. They have been produced throughout the world and presented at festivals in Edinburgh, Berlin, Paris and Rome. In addition to writing for the theater, she has published five books of poetry, two collections of plays and has given many readings across the country.

Ann Darr reads her poetry

Poet Ann Darr reads selections from her two books. Ann Darr has lived in Iowa, where she was born and went to college, to New York City, where she worked as a scriptwriter for radio, and then enlisted in the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during WWII, where she served as a military pilot. In 1970 she won the Discovery Award from the New York Poetry Center.

Judith Emlyn Johnson reads her poetry

Poet Judith Emlyn Johnson (Judith Johnson Sherwin) reads selections from her own work. Johnson was born and still lives in New York City. The poems on this program are from an unpublished book called Waste, written during that time.

Mary Jane Menuez reads her poetry

Poet Mary Jane Menuez reads selections from her work. Menuez was born in Chicago. She began writing poetry as a student of Ellen Bryant Voigt at Goddard College. Her poetry has appeared in such places as Orion's Dolphin, Countermeasures, Xanadu, and the Grolier Press Annual Anthology of Children's Poetry.

Against our will / Susan Brownmiller.

A talk by Susan Brownmiller, journalist and author of "Against Our Will," on the historical and political implications of rape.

Susan Brownmiller on writing and promoting.

An interview with Susan Brownmiller, who spent four years writing her book Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. She felt her mission in the feminist movement, after hearing women speaking openly about their rapes, was to compile the history of rape in a sound and rational analysis.

Gloria Emerson on her two years in Vietnam.

An interview with New York Times reporter Gloria Emerson, who relates her experiences in Vietnam from February 1970 to February 1972. She explains her reasons for wanting to be in Vietnam, notes that most of the American troops were working-class boys and men, and states that the anti-draft movement should have tried to influence them. The interviewer is Nick Egleson.

Demonstration at Alderson Women's prison / reported by Danice Bordett.

Report, with actuality, on the demonstration at Alderson women's prison in Alterson, West Virginia. Reported by Danice Bordett. BROADCAST: WBAI, 4 Oct. 1971. Same recording as BC0019.28, being digitally preserved as part of American Women project. No need to digitize this copy.

Street politics / produced by Bette Fried.

Examination of a lawsuit brought by Sydney Pendleton, a member of Columbia Women's Liberation, against Edouard Salnave for harassing her with obscene and threatening language. Fried interviews both Pendleton and Salnave for their points of view. Pendleton is joined by Harriet Zellner, also a member of Columbia Women's Liberation, during her interview.

Socialist feminist theory : third world panel / produced by Bonnie Bellow (Episode 2)

The Third World Panel from a series on Socialist Feminist Theory recorded at the first national Socialist Feminist Conference at Antioch College, July 4, 1975.

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