Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
PRA Archive # |
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| Woman scientist interviewed by William Mandel |
This episode of Mandel's focus on the Soviet Union begins with a lengthier introduction than usual. He then plays the interview with Vera Osipovna, a 70-year-old female scientist from the Soviet Union, who discusses her life from the revolution to becoming the head of a large research institute. This interview was conducted by William Mandel at the offices of Radianska Zhinka, a woman's magazine in Kiev, Ukraine, in June 1979. This meeting was hosted by the editor of the magazine, whose interview can be heard in recording AZ0443. The editor also invited a female manager of a clothing factory, whom Mandel interviewed in recording AZ445. As in other interviews by Mandel, he plays the Russian in the right channel while he translates in the left channel. Mandel only plays a portion of the interview so that he can open up the phone lines and respond to calls from his listeners. |
Scientists -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., Seniors -- Soviet Union., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio call-in shows | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Science and scientists | AZ0462 | Woman scientist interviewed by William Mandel |
| Maxine Hong Kingston / interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz and Elaine Kim. |
Maxine Hong Kingston won rave reviews in 1977 for her book "The Woman Warrior." She has a new book "China Men." Kingston views the two books as parts of the same work, chronicling the experiences of the women and men in her family and their experiences in moving from China to America. Here she is interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz of KPFA and Elaine Kim, professor of Asian-American Studies at University of California, Berkeley. The interview covers topics such as the difficulty of adjusting to life in America, the Exclusion Laws of the early 20th Century, growing up Chinese in America, and the problems of writing ethnic literature in this country. |
Kingston, Maxine Hong., Asian Americans., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kim, Elaine. | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0469 | Maxine Hong Kingston / interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz. (CD) |
| Fear of fat : the politics of body size / produced by Santiago Casal and Laura Finkler. |
This program examines the existing medical perspective on body size, the ideology of individualism/self-control, the weight and diet foods industry, and the powerful feeling that fatness arouses in us. The program includes interviews with fat and thin people, some of whom are authors and leaders in the new movement which challenges our myths about fat. Interviews with Judy Freespirit, an activist in the fat liberation movement; Marcia Millman, professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz and author of the book Such a pretty face: being fat in America; Karen Bayliss, a psychotherapist who has led self-esteem groups for fat people; Margaret Mackenzie, professor of medical anthropology at UC Berkeley whose work centers on the attitudes of various cultures towards body image; Louise Wolfe, activist in the National Association to Aid Fat Americans (NAAFA); Dr. Susan Wooley, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and co-founder of the Clinic for Eating Disorders. Produced by Santiago Casal, Laura Finkler, Sarah Finklehor-Samuels, & Janice Berger. Production and engineering support by Philip Maldari. Musical assistance by Larry McCombs. |
Freespirit, Judy., Millman, Marcia., MacKenzie, Margaret., Casal, Santiago., Finkler, Laura., Obesity., Fat., Body image., Clarion awards., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Beauty and body image, American Women -- Health | AZ0470 | Fear of Fat: The Politics of Body Size (CD) |
| The Great goddess / produced by Joanna Brouk. (Episode 1 of 7) |
An examination of the goddess as creator and the facts and discoveries concerning the role of women in ancient times. In ancient myth throughout the world, from Asia to Ireland, to the islands of the Pacific, to ancient Crete, Babylonia and Phoenicia, the first creator of all was the Goddess. Her names were as varied as the people who worshiped her--Tanith, Metis, Gaea, Tiamet, Nammu, Anat, Astarte, Eurymone, Atira, Ishtar. This program goes back to a time when the Great Goddess was honored as the first principle and examines some of the facts and discoveries concerning the role of women in ancient times. Includes original music from Joanna Brouk, and was collectively produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy, Augusta Del Zotto, Darcell King, Nancy Briggs and Joanna Brouk. |
Women -- History -- to 500., Goddesses., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brouk, Joanna, 1949 | American Women -- New age/Wicca, American Women -- Women's history | AZ0471.01 | |
| Virginia Woolf: in her own right / produced by Joanna Brouk (Episode 2 of 7) |
The focus of Virginia Woolf's life was writing, and as she developed her art and gained recognition, she began to speak more and more directly to the issues of feminism. She turned to the problem of creative achievement in a society where any such efforts were looked down on by men. She recognized an inherent problem in culture which made it impossible for women to achieve artistic recognition was the economic dependency of women on men due to job discrimination, insufficient salaries and lack of educational and political opportunities. This program includes discussions between Woolf scholars about her life, and readings from Woolf's work A Room Of One's Own. The box and all Folio appearances refer to this program title as Virginia Woolf: In Her Own Right. At the close of the program, the announcer calls the program Virginia Woolf: A Room Of One's Own. Produced by Joanna Brouk, with the assistance of Wanda McCaddon and Milani Cask. The role of Virginia Woolf was performed by Wanda McCaddon. |
Women authors, A Room Of One's Own, Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0471.02 | |
| Sojourner Truth : walking to freedom / produced by Darcell King. (Episode 3 of 7) |
This program tells the life of Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 - 1883), African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Prior to the Civil War, Sojourner Truth traveled around the country on foot telling others how she was abused as a slave, how she was sold and exploited, and how she gained her liberty. She began to realize that the freedom of Black Americans and the rights of women were intertwined and her lectures began to include discussions of women's rights. Through her travels she gained massive support for the anti-slavery movement and was an inspiration to all who saw her. Produced by Darcell King. |
African American women abolitionists, African American Women, Slaves -- United States -- Biography, African American Women, Truth, Sojourner, -1883, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history | AZ0471.03 | Sojourner Truth : walking to freedom / produced by Darcell King. (CD) |
| Woman to woman : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton / produced by Joanna Brouk. (Episode 4 of 7) |
In this docudrama, based upon court transcripts, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are interviewed on their lives and friendship. These two women were dedicated to their beliefs, and endured years of scorn and public ridicule for the efforts to achieve equal rights and suffrage for women. This program traces the history of Anthony and Stanton's activism and personal relationship through dramatic re-enactments and readings of personal correspondence and lectures. Susan B. Anthony is portrayed by Padraigin McGillicuddy, Judge Hunt by Gail Chugg, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Dorothy Gilbert. Produced by Joanna Brouk. |
Suffrage -- United States., Feminism, Equality., Women -- Suffrage -- United States., Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history | AZ0471.04 | Woman to woman : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| Out of the kitchen and into the sweat shop : the story of working women in America / produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. (Episode 5 of 7) |
A survey of the lives and works of Emma Goldman, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Jane Addams, and other women who struggled to alleviate the horrendous conditions of working classes in America. Features interviews with labor historians and dramatic readings of writings by the subjects of this documentary. Produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. Interviewees and speakers featured in the program are not identified. |
Working women in America., Brouk, Joanna, 1949, Women -- Employment -- United States., Working classes -- United States -- Political activity., Great women, Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940, Jones, Mother, 1837-1930, Schneiderman, Rose, 1882-1972, Addams, Jane, 1860-1935, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | AZ0471.05 | Out of the Kitchen and into the Sweatshop: The Story of Working Women in America (CD) |
| Harriet Tubman / produced by Darcell King. (Episode 6 of 7) |
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and escaped to the North. Not satisfied with her own liberty, she risked her own life and freedom by returning to the South nineteen times to lead over three hundred men, women, and children to liberty by means of the underground railway. This program tells about her life and fight to help slaves escape north. Produced by Darcell King. |
Women, Black -- United States., Slavery, Underground railroad., Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Women's history | AZ0471.06 | Harriet Tubman / produced by Darcell King. (CD) |
| Margaret Sanger and Annie Besant: a woman's right / produced by Joanna Brouk. (Episode 7 of 7) |
Docu-drama about Annie Besant's and Margaret Sanger's fight to make methods of birth control available to the public. Prior to the middle of this century, methods of birth control were virtually unknown and information concerning contraception was considered obscene and kept from the large majority of the public. In this program we examine the efforts to bring this information to light and we discuss the lives and works of the women who made this possible. Parts of this program were particularly relevant in light of the struggle for abortion rights raging in the late 1970s. "My Fight For Birth Control" by Margaret Sanger was adapted for radio by Joanna Brouk. Annie Besant was dramatized by Wanda McCaddon. Margaret Sanger was performed by Joan Davis. Produced by Joanna Brouk. |
Birth control -- United States., Contraceptives., Women's rights, SANGER, MARGARET, 1879-1966., Social problems., Besant, Annie, 1847-1933, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0471.07 |