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Title Description Keywords Genre PRA Archive # StoreItemsort descending
Men in lyrics.

Collection of songs and lyrics about women's attitudes toward men, and men's attitudes toward women in rock, blues, and popular music. Lee Jenkins and Sigrid Jelson[sp?] are the hosts. Note on box: Not for distribution.

Music., Popular music, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Music and musicians BC0942
The fairer sex : portraits of five women / produced by Marie Blazek

This is an intimate set of interviews with five women whose lives are both typical and unique; unique portraits of women outside of traditional gender roles. Subjects include a domestic worker, a Chicana who wanted to be a dancer, an elderly executive into Zen, and a teenage "biker chick" (motorcyclist), and a lower class White mother. Produced by Marie Blazek at KPFT. Contains sensitive language. Minor dropout at about 32 minutes in.

Women -- Personal narratives., Minority women -- United States., Women -- Economic conditions., Women -- Social conditions., Sex role, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Anthropology and societal role BC1348
Women In Arms / Victoria Schultz interviewed by Norma Smith

Interview with Victoria Schultz film-maker regarding her film "Women In Arms" about the Nicaraguan revolution, beginning with the general strike in June 1979 and culminating on July 17, 1979 with the overthrow of the Samosa family dictatorship. Schultz visited the KPFA studios in February 1981 to talk with Mariah Gallardon and Norma Smith about her experiences making the film and about the prospects for women in Central America. Contains pre-recorded music. "Adelante Nicaragua" by Grupo Pancasan on Ocarina Records. Produced by Norma Smith. Self contained. Can fade after 29 min.

Schultz, Victoria., Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979., Women revolutionaries., Women -- Nicaragua., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- International women, American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Film and television AZ0609
The Complete travel guide to Cuba / Paula DiPerna ; interviewed by Bob Rosengrad.

Paula DiPerna talks with Bob Rosengard about writing her book The Complete Travel Guide to Cuba (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979), the first travel guide to Cuba to have been published in over twenty years. She discusses topics from Havana's gambling industry, the kinds of local cuisine, the quality of the beaches and how Cuba's tourist industry compars to that of its neighboring Caribbean countries. Contains music and interviews with tourists in Cuba recorded by Bob Rosengard in February 1979. Produced by Bob Rosengard for WBAI.

DiPerna, Paula., Rosengard, Bob., Women authors, Cuba -- Guidebooks., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- International women IZ0148
The Future of Housework (Part 1 only)

Documentary about the future of housework, hosted by Celeste Wesson. Contains recordings from the conference "The Future of Housework: the role of the housewife and sharing arrangements for childcare," organized by the Women's Studies program at Sarah Lawrence College. Part 1 features three personal views on housework and childcare: 1. Roni Hagerty -- National Congress on Neighborhood Women, 2. Carolyn Reed -- Chairperson of Union of Household Technicians, 3. Alice Kessler Harris -- historian, Hofstra, D. 65 Labor College. Part 2, which the archives doesn't currently have in the collection, was a panel on Feminist Perspectives on Housework and Childcare: Historical, Theoretical, and Programmatic. Panelists are: 1. Gerda Lerner -- historian, Sarah Lawrence, 2. Joan Kelly-Gadol -- historian, City College, 3. Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- Ms. Magazine editor.

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, The Future of Housework, Women workers., Household employees, Women -- Employment -- United States., Women -- Finance, Personal, Women -- Social conditions., Home economics., Kessler-Harris, Alice American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Parenting and children IZ1421
Groups / moderated by Robert Kuttner

Dr. Bruce Maliver, Dr. Martin Shepard, and Terry Becker discuss different approaches to group dynamics, including group therapy, encounter groups, sensitivity groups, and womens' consciousness raising groups. Dr. Bruce Maliver is a psychoanalyst, a practitioner of group therapy, and critic of encounter groups. Dr. Martin Shepard is the director of training at Anthos, an encounter center, and is a physician and psychiatrist. Terry Becker is an organizer of women's consciousness raising groups and a member of New York Radical Feminists. Dr.s Maliver and Shepard discuss whether or not they feel real psychological or mental health progress can be made in group settings. Becker gives a basic description of consciousness raising groups, why they exist, how they work, and the outcomes for the participants. The interviewer is Bob Kuttner.

Psychotherapy., Maliver, Bruce L., Shepard, Martin, 1934-, Group psychotherapy, Consciousness raising., Becker, Terry, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy BB4263
Phone calls to Peking / Wina Sturgeon.

Freelance journalist Wina Sturgeon calls Beijing and asks to speak with Chairman Mao. She settles for the Foreign Minister, and follows the talk with an analysis of what was happening internally within China. She presents her theory that Lin Piao, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, was dead or deposed.

Dyer-Bennett, Miriam., Sturgeon, Wina, 1942-, Philosophers., Phone call to Peking / Wina Sturgeon., Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970., PIAO, LIN, 1908-1971. American Women -- Politicians and politics BC0349
Richland woman: April 10, 1974-Passover edition

Richland Woman, a music program special Passover edition, is presented by Roberta Friedman. Features Romanian music (Aron Levidic[sp?]) and music from the album "Israel Today" from the Collectors' Series on Westminster Records. Includes music by Spanish Jews, Moroccan Jews, Tunisian Jews, Yemeni Jews, Central Asian Jews, and more.

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Folk music, Folk music, Jewish., Music, Jewish., Passover., World music KZ4464.02
Mother, father and child / Laurel Brodsley

An experimental radio drama by Laurel Brodsley, for three voices and electronic workshop. This premiere KPFK performance, featuring Michael and Candy of the Provisional Theater and Kevin Sullivan, concerns itself with the developing madness of a child and his experience of his family. The play was directed by Laurel Brodsley with sound engineering and synthesizer system by Phil Mendelson. Produced by Laurel Brodsley and Phil Mendelson.

Brodsley, Laurel, Radio plays., Radio art, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Art and artists BC2396
The abortion battle rages on

Ida Honorof interviews Dr. Paul Marx, Professor of Sociology at St. John's University and author of "The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn" and Mary Petrinovich of the National Organization of Women (NOW) and the Women's Clinic in Los Angeles, about the controversy surrounding the legalization of abortion.

Abortion, Abortion -- Law and legislation., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Reproductive rights BC1218
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