Browse the American Women collection
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Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Women and men together / produced by Ronald Gold. |
A discussion about the relationship between women and men in the gay movement, how the gay movement has opened up a new set of relations of women and men working together compared to other movements, and what the opportunity to work closely with the opposite sex inside the movement has meant for the panelists. The guests are Sidney Abbott, co-author of Sappho Was a Right-On Woman and member of the board of the National Gay Task Force (NGTF); Bert Hansen, co-founder of the Gay Academic Union and also board member of the NGTF; and Elaine Lafferty, convener for the National Women's Agenda and co-director of the Mattachine Society of New York. The host and producer is Ron Gold. |
Gold, Ronald., Lafferty, Elaine., Abbott, Sidney., Hansen, Bert., Gay liberation movement., Interpersonal relations., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Activists | IZ0017 | Women and men together / produced by Ronald Gold. (CD) |
| Women and life on earth: ecofeminism in the 1980's |
This program presents tapes selected and edited from a conference called Women and Life on Earth: Ecofeminism in the 1980's, which took place March 21-23, 1980 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. The conference explored the historical and present relations between feminist and ecological concerns. This program is devoted to one panel from the conference, entitled "Women and Life on Earth: The Issues, or, How Women Are Affected By, and Affect, Ecological Issues." Speakers are: Lois Gibbs of the Love Canal Homeowners Association, on toxic waste and its effects; Toby Goldberg of Boston Science for the People talking on genetic manipulation; Nancy Jack Todd of the New Alchemy Institute on women and appropriate technology; Marion Lowe of Boston University speaking on radiation and health; Milagros Padillo of the Connecticut New Directions Program on Occupational Health and Safety speaking on working women and issues safety and health; and Dr. Randall "Randy" Forsberg from the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies speaking on threats posed by militarism. The panel was moderated and introduced by author and activist Grace Paley. Discussion about women and the various aspects of environmental concerns. Produced by Eileen Zalisk. |
Ecofeminism, Forsberg, Randall., Paley, Grace., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Environmentalism, American Women -- Science and scientists | IZ0366 | WOMEN: LIFE ON EARTH| ECOFEMINISM IN THE 1980'S (CD) |
| Women and doctors |
Know your body: Women and doctors. This lecture, part of the series "Know Your Body" recorded at and by the Women’s Medical Center in New York City on June 15, 1972, deals with the gynecological exam, doctors’ attitudes, and what medical services to expect. Speakers include Judy Graham, Diana Parness, Paula Weideger, Rachel Fruchter, and Leslie Casale. Produced by Caryl Ratner. |
Women's health services, Women -- Medical care., Sex discrimination against women, Women -- Health., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health | BC0943.04 | |
| Women and credit and other reports / produced by Robert Krulwich. |
Reports on women and credit; a history of how the CIA hired or paid or gathered information from foreign correspondents in Europe during the 50's and 60's, how it bought a paper in Italy and helped create a news service in England; a tribute to Congressman Michael Harrington, who has been at the center of controversy surrounding House investigation of the CIA; and a report on economics and cartels. Produced by Robert Krulwich. |
BANKS & BANKING, Economics., Women -- Finance, Personal, Harrington, Michael., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Work and unions | BC2770 | |
| Women and childcare in China / Ruth Sidel. |
A talk by Ruth Sidel, author of "Women and Child Care in China: A Firsthand Report," published by Hill & Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. She discusses the dimensions, variety and philosophy of child care in China, and answers questions from the audience. Recorded in 1973 as an episode of Nanette Rainone's "The Women's School." |
China -- Social conditions., Children -- Care and hygiene., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- China. | American Women -- International women | BC1595 | |
| Women and cancer : hosted by Viv Sutherland. (Episode 4 of 11) |
One of a series of programs on the myths and realities of cancer hosted by Viv Sutherland. Guests are Dr. Philip Strax, director of the Guttman Breast Diagnostic Institute; Mary Overton, assistant executive director of Cancer Care; Richard Klarberg,director of the Public Health Center, the American Health Foundation; Pam Booth, co-director of Women's Health Forum; and Denise Dillon Fuge, member of the Committee on Women and Health, National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY). Note on box: "Fascinating discussion on the ramifications of cancer on the lives of women, the politics of research and development of new detection techniques, prevention, etc." |
Overton, Mary, Strax, Philip., Klarberg, Richard., Fuge, Denise., Booth, Pam., Cancer, Women -- Health., Breast -- Cancer, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cancer in women. | American Women -- Health | BC2249.04 | |
| Women and breast cancer / Rose Kushner ; interviewed by Kathy McAnally. |
Kathy McAnally talks with Rose Kushner, author of Breast Cancer, A Personal History and an Investigative Report (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1975). Kushner discusses breast cancer as it affects women's relationships with men, her own personal experience with breast cancer, and the general lack of literature on the subject. |
McAnally, Kathy., Cancer, Women -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kushner, Rose, Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography. | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | BC2679 | |
| Women and alienation / Connie Sutton |
Lecture by Connie Sutton, anthropologist at New York University, on women and alienation. Produced by Viv Sutherland in cooperation with National Organization for Women-New York (NOW-NY) and NOW's Women in the Arts committee coordinator Diane Feeley. |
Alienation (Social psychology)., Women -- Psychology., Sutton, Constance R., National Organization for Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Marriage and divorce | BC2196.01 |