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Women and the world in the 1980s: November 26, 1982

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Lucy Gilbert, psychotherapist in private practice specializing in work with women who have experienced violence in their lives and Paula Webster, co-director of the Institute for the Study of Sex in Society and History, about their book Bound by Love: The Sweet Trap of Daughterhood (Beacon Press, 1982).

Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992) about her new book, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography (Persephone, 1982), from which she reads excerpts.

Women and the world in the 1980s: October 22, 1982-Author Elizabeth Wilson

Episode from October 22, 1982. Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Elizabeth Wilson, feminist theorist and lecturer on social policy in London and author of Women and the Welfare State (Tavistock, 1977) and Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968 (Tavistock, 1980) and Mirror Writing: An Autobiography (Virago Press, 1982).

Women and the world in the 1980s: August 20, 1982- Audre Lorde

Episode from August 20, 1982. Blanche Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992). Lorde reads some selections from her new book Chosen Poems: Old and New (W.W. Norton, 1982).

Women and the world in the 1980s: July 2, 1982

Blanche Cook interviews Marilyn Young, professor of history at New York University and co-author of Transforming Russia and China: Revolutionary Struggle in the 20th Century (Oxford University Press, 1980), about women in China.

Women and the world in the 1980s: April 2, 1982

Episode from April 2, 1982. Danielle Paul interviews Professor Donald Keene about Japanese poet and novelist Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973 or 978 – c. 1014 or 1031) , a.k.a. Lady Murasaki. Program includes readings of her work. Produced by Eileen Zalisk.

Women and the world in the 1980s: March 26, 1982

Blanche Cook interviews Cathy Porter about her book "Alexandra Kollontai: a biography," about Kollontai (1872-1952), a female Russian Communist revolutionary who fought for workers and women's rights. Music ends abruptly at red leader.

Women and the world in the 1980s: February 26, 1982

Blanche Wiesen Cook hosts. Interview with Ruth Meyers, one of the founders of Women Strike for Peace and a child psychologist and Kathy Engel, poet, co-director of the Fund for Open Information and Accountability who is active in the Anti-Klan Network. The program begins with a call-in from Theresa Funicello of the Downtown Welfare Advocacy Center.

Women and the world in the 1980s: January 22, 1982

Blanche Cook interviews writer Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), who reads poems from her newly published book A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far (W.W. Norton, 1982).

This bridge called my back: October 2, 1981

Aircheck of first in a series of programs on the history of women of color titled "This Bridge Called My Back," inspired by the anthology of the same title, edited by Gloria Anzaldua and Cherrie Moraga. This program, about Native American and other women of color in the United States, is an introduction to the series, with music, poetry, and commentary. Host is Barbara Omolade.

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