Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
PRA Archive # |
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| The Anglo-Irish novel / Robert Tracy and Joan Keefe (Episode 7 of 7); produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. |
Number seven in the series Irish Contributions to English Literature. Discussion of Anglo-Irish literature, one of the two distinct trends in Irish literature (the other clumsily called Irish literature in English). The Anglo-Irish novel has a well established history. Stemming from the land-holding class, it deals with the interaction of the gentry with the peasantry. The leading exponents of this genre were women. Commentary by Professors Robert Tracy and Joan Trodden Keefe. "Some Experiences of an Irish R.M." written by two eccentric ladies, Somerville and Ross, read by Gail Chugg. "comic!" Produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. BROADCAST: KPFA, 1982, in the Evening Reading broadcast time slot. |
English literature -- Irish authors, English literature., Irish literature., Keefe, Joan., Tracy, Robert, 1928-, Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949, Ross, Martin, 1862-1915, Evening reading., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0621.07 | |
| Women in Grenada / produced by Sue Supriano and Roxanne Merryfield |
Women in Grenada describe their lives since the revolution in that country in 1979. In this program, we hear about the women's cooperatives, the National Women's Organization, education, health care, sexism, and the role of women in the country. Includes Michelle Gibbs, an American woman living and working in Grenada; Phyllis Coard, president, National Women's Organization; and many unidentified |
Grenada -- History -- 1979-, Women -- Grenada, Coard, Phyllis, National Women's Organization, Grenada, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0622 | |
| Characters: a one woman sharing by Kathy Kendall ; produced by Karla Tonella |
This is a set of monologues performed by Southern writer/actor Kathy Kendall called "Characters," which was being sponsored by the Feminist Writers' Guild. They are based on taped conversation she had with real women telling how it has been for them: housewives, businesswomen, dykes, kids, warriors, and grandmothers. Produced by Karla Tonella, KPFA, 1982. Not self-contained. May contain language sensitive in your community. |
Kendall, Kathy., Women -- Personal narratives., Women authors, Kendall, Kathryn, Kendall, Characters, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kendall, K. Limakatso | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | AZ0623 | |
| KPFA Evening News: a KPFA aircheck from Oct. 29, 1981. produced by Aileen Alfandary and Mark Mericle |
The News: a KPFA aircheck from October 29, 1981 / produced by Aileen Alfandary and Mark Mericle. Broadcast: Berkeley: KPFA, October 29, 1981. ,Stories reported: United States economy plunge; President Reagan's approval rating; Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike (Tim Frasca reporting from Washington, D.C.); Three new unions created in California: the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the California Correctional Officers Association, and the Psych Tech Union (Charlie Strong interviewed over the phone); End of Philadelphia school teachers' strike; Jamaica severs its diplomatic relations with Cuba; Heavy fighting in eastern El Salvador between U.S.-trained nationals and guerrilla fighters (Roger Burbach speaks); Reagan's MX missile and B1 bomber programs; a study by the Institute for Strategic Studies regarding nuclear war (Helen Caldicott speaks in San Francisco); antinuclear demonstrations in Finland and other European nations; United Nations interest in Iran's human rights issues (Alex Winter reports, Ann Burley of Amnesty International); Middle East reaction to U.S. Senate's plans to sell AWACS to Saudi Arabia (Senate Republican leader Howard Baker and author Sidney Blumenthal speak); Belize Airways auctioned off in Miami (auctioneer Jim Gall); American auto manufacturers all reporting big losses; the All Berkeley Coalition and Berkeley's rent control rules (Bill O'Brien reports; board chair Tom Bruce; Franchesca Callejo); hearings regarding Oakland government under Mayor Lionel Wilson (Wendell Harper reports; city council member Wilson Riles, Jr.; Oakland Police Officers Association president Bob Foster); Five-alarm fire in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco considered arson; FBI's report that crime is decreasing throughout the year; San Francisco Bay Area weather forecast; Sidney Blumenthal speaking on the Reagan administration, AWACS deal, and Senator Roger Jepsen; Wendell Harper reporting on the San Francisco proposition B regarding cable car fares; Highlights of the World Series. ,Previously cataloged as Women and health in Puerto Rico / Gail Anna Rivera ; interviewed by Sue Supriano, with this information: From the first International Conference in Solidarity with Grenada; contains music. Recorded in Grenada, Nov. 1981. Broadcast KPFA, Jan. 1982. Duration 8 minutes. |
News recordings -- 1981., Reagan, Ronald, Caldicott, Helen, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Antinuclear movement -- Finland, AFSCME, El Salvador. Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, Berkeley (Calif.) -- Politics and government, Wilson, Lionel | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ0627 | |
| Charlotte Bunch on the Women's Liberation Movement / Karla Tonella |
Karla Tonella interviews feminist theorist and writer Charlotte Bunch, editor of Quest Magazine, a feminist quarterly. Bunch reviews the history of the Women's Liberation movement beginning around 1968 (the birthing year); 1969-1970 (the growing years); 1970s (feminist organization). The chronology of the women's movement presented by Bunch moves from "we exist, we are oppressed" to "why we are oppressed?" to "what are we going to do about it?" Bunch reviews the present state of the Women's Liberation movement and how it must stay in touch with the needs of society at large or else it will die out like other political movements have. Self-contained. Previously cataloged as AZ1131. PRA has two copies of this program, one self-contained with musical interludes and identification of the participants (this version was broadcast on KPFA), and one that only contains the interview. The latter contains a segment that is not in the broadcast, self-contained version. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bunch, Charlotte, 1944-, Tonella, Karla., Feminist movement | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ0631.01 | |
| Rosh Hashanah through a feminist eye / Stacy Offner interviewed by Ginny Z. Berson |
On the meaning of this Jewish holiday for women, both past and present; with music. Stacy Offner, rabbinical student at the Reformed Jewish Seminary, talks about the meaning of Rosh Hashanah, both in the traditional sense and for feminists today. She also talks about the contradictions of being a Jewish feminist, and the connections Jewish women can make to their culture, history, and religion. Mixed with music. Interviewed by Ginny Z. Berson. BROADCAST: KPFA, 29 Sept. 1981. Previously cataloged as AZ0631. |
Rosh ha-Shanah., Rosh Hodesh, Offner, Stacy, Feminism, Women and religion., Women, Jewish., Jews -- Social life and customs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Religion, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0631.02 | |
| About Men / Phyllis Chesler |
Phyllis Chesler (1940 - ), author and psychotherapist, is interviewed by Viv Sutherland of WBAI about her book "About Men" (1978). Chesler discusses men's reactions to her book, explains more about the structure of her book and provides a psychoanalytic account for male hatred of women. Produced for KPFA by Karla Tonella |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Chesler, Phyllis, Men -- Psychology., Fathers and sons. | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy | AZ0631.03 | |
| Pauline Bart interviewed by Paula Darte |
Dr. Pauline Bart, feminist sociologist at Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine in Chicago, is interviewed by Paula Darte about her NIH-funded research on rape in November 1978. In her research, Bart interviewed 94 women who had either been raped or had avoided being raped to determine the best combination of variables that would lead to rape avoidance. She discusses how the findings of her study have largely contradicted the advice given by Frederic Storaska in his book "How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive It." Contains brief readings from Storaska's book by John Rieger and from Dell Fitzgerald-Richards' "The Rape Journal" by Carole Bennett. Technical assistance by Karla Tonella, Carole Bennett and Shelley Real[sp?]. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bart, Pauline, Rape., Storaska, Frederic, 1942- | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Violence against women | AZ0631.04 | |
| Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist |
An interview with Egyptian feminist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, conducted by Ines Rieder at the United Nations Conference on Women, held in Copenhagen in July of 1980. Dr. Saadawi discusses the woman's body under colonialism and patriarchy and about women in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Dr. Saadawi is well known in the Middle East as one of the few Arab women who, for the last twenty years, has written extensively about the problems of Arab women. She has written more than 20 books, some of them selling millions of copies. Her latest book, "The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World," was published in London by CEO Press and is available in the U.S. through the Monthly Review Press. Portions of this interview were published in the October issue of Newsfront International. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, El Saadawi, Nawal., Rieder, Ines., Feminism--Egypt., Women--Egypt--Social conditions. | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0631.05 | |
| A Swedish social democrat / Birgitta Dahl interviewed by Sue Supriano |
Birgitta Dahl, a social democrat and member of the Swedish Parliament for 13 years; interviewed by Sue Supriano. On making men equal to women in Sweden; the drive for humanizing society; the experience of child rearing. Recorded at the First International Conference in Solidarity with Grenada, November 1981. Previously cataloged as AZ0642. |
Women -- Sweden -- Social conditions, Social role., Sex role, Equality., Dahl, Birgitta, 1937-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0642.01 |