WBAI

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.

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.

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.

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

Discussion of witchcraft and witch hunts in colonial Salem. Part VI of the series "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Hosted by Marion Weinstein.