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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Texas texts / produced by Patricia Meredith |
Documentary examining hearings in Austin at the State Board of Education concerning sexism in children's textbooks. Program is comprised of interviews, music, and tapes on the hearings. The purposes of the hearing were to draw attention to the fact that sexism is in textbooks, and that the state of Texas is the largest buyer of text books in the world. Music by Dory Previn, Buffy Sainte Marie, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Joy of Cooking. Note: three books recommended by task force were adopted and two that didn't were changed in 160 places. Much is field recording of questionable quality. |
Sexism, Education -- United States -- Aims and objectives., Sexism -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States, Education -- Curricula., Children's literature., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Education, American Women -- Parenting and children | BC1592 | |
| Majority report, August 20, 1987: Temporary workers and South African women's day |
Production reel from Majority Report, August 20, 1987. Segments: 1. Jane Walsh, co-producer of Australia Public Radio's "Women on the Line," interviews three members of Orange Action, a group to help Vietnamese women cope with the effects of war -- 2. Filipina feminists Nelia Sancho from the GABRIELA Women's Party and Aurora "Oyie" de Dios from Miriam College discuss their disenchantment with Philippines president Corazon Aquino and the increase in activity by government-sanctioned vigilantes there -- 3. Clips from a rally protesting the Catholic Church's stance on homosexuality (not introduced, no date or location given) -- 4. Irene Natividad, Chair of the National Women's Political Caucus, speaks by phone about how candidates must address a variety of issues to win support from the NWPC -- 5. Janice Windborne interviews Dr. Gerald Bernstein, professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Southern California, discusses his research on AIDS-barrier contraceptives and attests to the reliability of condoms -- 6. Maura Seeling[sp?] reports on U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson's ruling that subjecting homosexual applicants for "secret" and "top secret" security clearances to stricter investigations than other applicants is unconstitutional; contains phone interview with Urvashi Vaid, public information director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force -- 7. A report on women in the temporary help industry, or "temping", by Mary Van Clay; features interviews with Deborah Meier and Virginia DuRivage of 9 to 5: the National Association of Working Women -- 8. A report on the August 9th rallies for International Day of Solidarity with South Africa in Pretoria; features a speech by Susan Mnumzana, secretary for the Women's Association of the African National Congress. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio news programs, Walsh, Jane, Sancho, Nelia, Javate de Dios, Aurora, Vaid, Urvashi, Windborne, Janice, Bernstein, Gerald, Natividad, Irene, Meier, Deborah, DuRivage, Virginia, Mnumzana, Susan, Van Clay, Mary | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Health, American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0642.14 | |
| Hospital use and abuse (Episode 4 of 6) |
Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and voluntary hospitals and abuses in the system. Episode 4: Hospital use and abuse. The Affiliation Program is a proposed arrangement between municipal and voluntary hospitals, which some are promoting as a solution to the city's hospital problems. For instance, doctors at so-called volunteer hospitals are not paid and only report to duty when they are willing and able to do so. Has been condemned by others as a giant boondoggle. This episode of the series explores hospital affiliation -- what the program consists of, why it was created, and what the outcomes could be. Voices heard on this program include Dr. George Bayer, a member of the New York City board of hospitals; hospitals commissioner Joseph Terenzio; New York state senator Seymour Thaler; Dr. Donald Meyers, president of the Health Department's doctor's association; health services administrator Bernard Bukoff; Dr. Donald Dixon, associate commissioner of the New York state health department; Columbia economist Robin Elliott; Robb Burlage, director of the Health Policy Advisory Center; State investigation commission chairman Myles Lane; and New York Times reporter Martin Tolchin. |
Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York, Health facilities -- New York (City)., Hospitals -- Administration, Voluntary hospitals, Burlage, Robb, 1937-, Lane, Myles J., 1903-1987, Tolchin, Martin, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health | BB3817.04 | |
| The Greek press and people / Helen Vlachos interviewed by Don Porsche |
Mrs. Helen Vlachos, publisher of a conservative Greek newspaper, who ceased publication in 1967 rather than submit to the censorship imposed by the Greek junta, talks with KPFA public affairs director Don Porsche about censorship of the Greek press and the fight to end it. Recorded at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco on May 18, 1970. The first half of the program was originally broadcast during the open hour on May 19, 1970. |
Vlachos, Helen, 1911-, Greece -- Civil rights., Censorship -- Greece., Greece -- Politics and government -- 1967-1974, KPFA open hour, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BB2480 | |
| Siv Cedering Fox reads her poetry |
Poet Siv Cedering (Fox) reads selections of her poetry. Siv Cedering Fox was born in Sweden, has lived in the United States for many years, and writes in English and Swedish. She is the author of three books of poetry: Cup of cold water, 1973; Letters from the island, 1973; Mother is, published by Stein and Day, 1975. She is the translator into Swedish of an anthology of American Indian poetry, and into English of two Swedish poets, published in 1974, the same year in which a volume of her prose From Helga was also published. The host is Paul Oppenheimer. |
Cedering, Siv, Poetry -- Women authors., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BC2997 | |
| Women's liberation and the arts / produced by Bonnie Bellow. |
A panel of women artists and critics discuss the topic "Women's liberation and the arts." The program was recorded at The Art Student's League of New York and is the first of two programs on women and art. Lucy Lippard, art critic, is the moderator, and panelists include Nancy Spero, painter; Faith Ringgold, painter; Grace Paley, writer; Kate Millett, sculptor and writer; Sylvia Stone, sculptor; Jennifer Licht, curator at the Museum of Modern Art; Louise Nevelson, sculptor; and Annette Michelson, writer on both art and film. Produced by Bonnie Bellow. Also broadcast on KPFA. Likely same series as BC0290. |
Women's movement, Women in art., Women artists, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Art and artists | BC0289 | |
| A Crime To Fit The Punishment: an interview with the filmmakers |
Mimi Rosenberg speaks with Barbara A. Moss and Stephen Mack on their new film, "A Crime to Fit the Punishment" (1982), a documentary about the making of the 1954 controversial labor film "Salt of the Earth" during the height of the Hollywood blacklist. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Salt of the earth (Motion picture), Blacklisting of entertainers., Hollywood blacklist., McCarthyism., LABOR MOVEMENT, Filmmakers., Women filmmakers., Strikes -- Miners -- United States., Work -- New Mexico., Moss, Barbara (Barbara A.) (Filmmaker), Mack, Stephen (Film editor) | American Women -- Film and television | IZ1499 | |
| The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 7, 1983 (Part 1 only) |
The Velvet Sledgehammer for December 7, 1983, hosted by Judy Pasternak. The program begins with a performance by and interview with comedian Jane Anderson (by Judy Pasternak), and a performance and interview with comedy writers and performers Deah Schwartz and Anne Wilford, by Ash Corea. They discuss their new piece "Leftovers: the ups and downs of a compulsive eater". A cut from "We All Every One of Us," the new album by Sweet Honey in the Rock, separates the interviews. Last is Judy Pasternak's review of most of the women's films at the 5th Annual Gay Film Festival. Part 2, containing college basketball news by sports reporter Karen Pearlman and the Women's Community Bulletin Board, is missing. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Anderson, Jane, 1954-, Wilford, Anne, Sweet Honey in the Rock (Musical group), Gay entertainers., FILM FESTIVALS, Film criticism., Women filmmakers., Comedians., Women comedians, Body image. | American Women -- Theater, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Beauty and body image, American Women -- Film and television | IZ1093 | |
| Hot flashes: women's news from Majority Report: June 6, 1978 |
Women's news and current events from Majority Report for January 17, 1978. Produced by Nancy Boreman for WBAI's Women's Department. Topics include adultery laws in New York, bill to ticket prostitutes, Wisconsin judge seeks damages from Associated Press for publication of his comments about rape, Sudanese women's views on female circumcision, Marlene Deitrich making a comeback, military families in Japan, results of study on working mothers, Assata Shakur, women's sailing team for New York Yacht Club's trials, and more. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- Social conditions., Women -- Economic conditions., Reproductive rights, Feminism, Women's mass media, Women's rights | American Women -- Feminism | IZ1458.05 | |
| Women and mental health / moderated by Viv Sutherland. |
A discussion about women and mental health with Irene Javors, Coordinator of the National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY)'s Psychology Committee; Dr. Judith Benetar, psychiatrist and author of "Admissions"; Dr. Louis Cutrona, clinical psychologist; and Elaine Derso. Hosted by Viv Sutherland. |
Cutrona, Louis, Benetar, Judith., Javors, Irene., Women -- Mental health., Mental health -- United States., National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy | BC2196.09 |