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| On the road to the 1980 Democratic National Convention. |
Actualities -- Democratic Party Convention coverage. New York, 1980 (Aug.) Includes: Ron Dellums, Gene LaRoque, Bella Abzug, Leo McCarthy, Coretta Scott King, Jerry Brown, Phyllis Schlafly, Jimmy Carter, Majorie Phyfe, Harvey Milk, and the voices of several male and female reporters, including Brenda Wilson. Opens with recording of phone call that gets repeated twice. Much of the recording sounds recorded over the phone. Ends with nine-minute-long speech by Dellums. Most speakers are not identified. |
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (1980: NEW YORK (CITY))., Political conventions., Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998, Brown, Jerry, 1938-, Carter, Jimmy, 1924-, Dellums, Ronald V., 1935-, King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, Milk, Harvey., Schlafly, Phyllis, Phyfe, Marjorie, La Rocque, Gene R. (Gene Robert), 1918-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, McCarthy, Leo T., 1930-2007 | American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0483 | On the road to the 1980 Democratic National Convention. |
| Women speak at the Democratic Convention |
Sonia Johnson (Mormons for ERA) rallies for ERA ratification; Paulina Cardenas provides a personal account in favor of abortion and reproductive rights, especially as it relates to underprivileged people and people living at the poverty level. |
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (1980: NEW YORK (CITY))., Johnson, Sonia, Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed)., Cardenas, Paulina, Abortion -- Personal narratives., Abortion, Reproductive rights, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0487 | Women speak at the Democratic Convention |
| Women's issues in the 1980 elections / produced by Tre Arenz |
Carter's support of women's issues is argued by Sylvia Weinstein of the National Organization for Women; Midge Costanza (November 28, 1932 - March 23, 2010), appointed as first women chief adviser to the President in 1977; Betty Smith, a coordinator for the Carter campaign; and Margaret Sloan, speaking on behalf of the Berkeley Women's Center. |
Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed)., Abortion, Costanza, Midge, 1932-2010, Smith, Betty., Sloan-Hunter, Margaret, 1947-, Weinstein, Sylvia, Carter, Jimmy, 1924-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Reproductive rights | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0488 | Women's issues in the 1980 elections / produced by Tre Arenz |
| Writer's talk / Mary Oppen, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Anita Barrows, Frances Jaffer ; produced by Norma Smith. |
A conversation with four women authors, Mary Oppen, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Anita Barrows, and Frances Jaffer, ranging from 34 to 72 years old in age. The women discuss their work, feminism, and long associations with one another. Produced (and hosted?) by Norma Smith. Program also contains readings of some of the authors' works. Outro is Sweet Honey and the Rock singing Bernice Reagon's "Every Woman". |
Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990, DuPlessis, Rachel Blau, Barrows, Anita., Jaffer, Frances., Women authors, Writer's talk / Mary Oppen, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Anita Barrows, Frances Jaffer ; produced by Norma Smith., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry | AZ0498 | |
| Lesbian purges in the military / produced by Karla Tonella |
Panel with four women who were in the military from 1946 until 1980 including Judy Grahn, author of "The Common Woman Poems"; Pat Bond from the film "Word is Out"; Sharon Isabel, author of "Yesterday's Lessons"; Debra DeBont of the Women Veterans Information Network; and moderated by Sabrina Sojourner. Topics include inspiration to join the military, how lesbianism is approached by the services, racism and class-ism in the military, the straight/lesbian split, the poverty draft, the women from the Norton Sound. Contains some comments from listeners. One word of sensitive language. Produced by Karla Tonella. |
Gay military personnel, Lesbians -- United States, Lesbians, Grahn, Judy, 1940-, Bond, Pat, DeBont, Debra, Isabel, Sharon, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women and the military | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0499 | Lesbian Purges in the Military / produced by Karla Tonella. (CD) |
| Domestic violence / produced by Brad Cleveland |
A short documentary consisting of interviews with battered women and women involved in providing support services to these women. Guests include the director and some volunteers at WAVES (Women Against Violence Emergency Services) in Berkeley. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / produced by Bradley Cleveland. Recorded: by Philip Maldari, Feb. 1980. Broadcast: KPFA, Feb. 1980. Produced by Bradley Cleveland and engineered by Philip Maldari, KPFA, 1980. Note on label: "The program is enlightening but will need an intro." |
Women -- Crimes against., Battered women., Family violence, Wife abuse., Domestic violence, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Violence against women | AZ0511 | Domestic violence / produced by Brad Cleveland |
| Women's sexual writing / produced by Jana Harris and Alan Soldofsky. |
Jana Harris discusses women's sexual writing with Carol Bergé, editor of Center Magazine and author of Acts of Love and Poems Made of Skin, and Lenore Kandel, poet, author of The Love Book and Word Alchemy. Topics covered are the differences between the erotic and the pornographic, how large and small presses deal with sensitive and sexual language, and how women's sexual writing is received by the general public. Bergé reads excerpts from Acts of Love and Kandel reads from The Love Book. Produced by Jana Harris and Alan Soldofsky and recorded by Jim Seemer. |
Women writers, Erotica., Harris, Jana, 1947-, Soldofsky, Alan., Kandel, Lenore, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 | American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0512.01 | |
| Women and nature / produced by Alan Soldofsky. |
Poet and feminist Susan Griffin reads from her book of prose, "Woman and Nature: the roaring inside her" (Harper & Row, 1978). Griffin reads the sections Prologue, Gravity, The garden, Consequences (What always returns), The lion in the den of the prophets, Vision, and Erosion. The reading was recorded in November 1978 at Cody's Books in Berkeley, California. Produced by Alan Soldofsky with the assistance of Mark Jaqua and the KPFA production workshop. |
Women writers, Ecofeminism, Griffin, Susan., Soldofsky, Alan., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0512.02 | |
| Alice Walker reads poetry: Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning / Alan Soldofsky |
Alice Walker, Black woman poet and novelist, reads from her new book of poetry "Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning" at Cody's Bookstore in Berkeley on September 26th, 1979. Walker reads some poems that are not featured in the book. Poems read include I said to poetry, On sight, Overnights, If "those people" like you, I'm really very fond, Gray, When Golda Meir was in Africa, Representing the universe, My daughter is coming!, Did this happen to your mother? Did your sister throw up a lot?, Gift, Never offer your heart to someone who eats hearts, Confession, The last time, After the shrink, At first, Janie Crawford, and Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning. Produced by Alan Soldofsky. Contains sensitive language. "Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning" - See more at: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/az1127#sthash.ytFX10wo.dpuf
"Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning" - See more at: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/az1127#sthash.ytFX10wo.dpuf
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American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Walker, Alice, 1944-, Soldofsky, Alan., African American women authors, Women writers | American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0512.03 | |
| Woman Poet anthology reading / produced by Alan Soldofsky (Part 1 only) |
Woman Poet West: the first part of a two-part program featuring excerpts of a reading done in honor of the publication of the Woman Poet anthology West Coast edition (Women-in-Literature, Incorporated, 1980). The reading was recorded in September 1980 at Cody's Books in Berkeley. The poets heard in the first part of the program are Elaine Dallman, editor of the Anthology, and a teacher at the University of Nevada at Reno; Kathleen Fraser, author of New Shoes (1978) and What I Want (1973), and professor at San Francisco State University; Sandra Gilbert, author of In The Fourth World (1979) and editor of two books of literary criticism Shakespeare's Sisters: Feminist Essays On Women Poets (1979) and The Madwoman In The Attic: A Study Of Women And The Literary Imagination In The Nineteenth Century (1979); and Susan Griffin, author of Like The Iris Of An Eye (1976), the play Voices (1975), and two books of prose, Woman In Nature (1978) and The Power of Consciousness (1979). From label: This program was previously cataloged as AZ0512 and AZ0512.02. |
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century., Women poets, Griffin, Susan., Gilbert, Sandra M., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Dallman, Elaine, 1935-2010, Fraser, Kathleen, 1935- | American Women -- Poetry | AZ0512.04 |