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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Demonstration at Alderson / reported by Danice Bordett. |
Report on the inmate's demonstration at the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, West Virginia, the only federal prison for women in the country. Between 100 and 200 women took over an abandoned building on the prison grounds on October 2, 1971, following a memorial to the previous month's shootings at Attica Prison; they held out there for five days before being removed by police through the use of tear gas. Contains actuality of the demonstration, including speeches by demonstrators from the Third World Women's Alliance and the Prisoners' Solidarity Committee of Youth Against War and Fascism. Reported by Danice Bordett. Volume on outro voiceover is soft. Washington Report episode 27[?]. Same recording as BC2857. |
Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- West Virginia -- 1971., Prison riots -- Alderson (W. Va.)., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Activists | BC0019.28 | |
| 1979 Long Island women's music festival: Ruth Pelham and June Millington |
The festival was held from March 17, 1979. Archives has two tapes from this event. The first has a performance by Ruth Pelham, vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano. Songs include: Welcome to the singing -- Magic penny (M. Reynolds) -- Don't you think -- Marie Brown -- Tiny flies -- Broomsticks -- Collage -- Mother nature is a strong woman. Host is Judy Castelli. Songs "Tiny flies" and "Broomsticks" were not broadcast 5/27/79 according to tape label. The second tape has a performance by June Millington of Fanny and her band which includes Lisa Brown on sax and flutes, Jennifer Condos on bass, and Miss Joyce on drums. This tape is labeled "7 of 7" which would imply that there are 5 missing tapes from this event. Unclear if this tape was broadcast. Recordings previously cataloged as IZ1395.01 and IZ1395.07. (see flyer below from Smith College's Women's Music Archives Collection) |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Long Island women's music festival, Women's music, Millington, June., Pelham, Ruth, Women musicians., Women's music festivals | American Women -- Music and musicians | IZ1395 | |
| Impotence and frigidity : is there a cure? / Earle Marsh and Alex Finkle. |
A rebroadcast of the Medical Radio Conference which was broadcast live on KPFA on March 5, 1968 from the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco (UCMCSF) and re-aired due to popular demand. The topic is sexual dysfunction as it affects men and women. The speakers are Dr. Earle M. Marsh, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, UCMCSF, and chief department of gynecology, Franklin Hospital, SF; and Dr. Alex L. Finkle, associate clinical professor of urology and chief of urologic research, UCMCSF. Moderator is Dr. L. S. Kimbrough. |
Marsh, Earle M., Sex counseling and therapy, Finkle, Alex, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Infertility, Male, Infertility, Female | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences | BB4452 | |
| A celebration of Black womanhood: Black women in the health sciences (Tapes 5 and 7 only) |
Actualities from Barnard College's conference "Celebration of Black Womanhood" held February 4-5, 1978. Tapes in Pacifica's holdings were numbered #5 and #7, indicating that several are missing. These two parts are from a panel about Black women and careers in the health sciences. Part 5 is about applying to medical school. Speakers include Jewel Hodge, Association of American Medical Colleges; Iona Lyles, Assistant for Minority Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Part 7 is a continued discussion about education and training in medical professions. Includes speakers Kay Kennedy, RN, the first Black head nurse at a hospital, who talks about her experiences and work in health related fields; Audine Nelson[sp?], nutritionist, about related health careers; Rosalyn Bowser[sp?] nutritionist at the Harlem Hospital; Q&A (level on questions is very low). Unclear if this portion was actually broadcast on WBAI. See IZ1417 for another panel from this conference. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Barnard Organization for Black Women Celebration of Black Womanhood, February 4, 1978, Blacks -- Education., African American women physicians, Minorities -- Education., Minority women -- Social conditions., Discrimination in education -- United States., NURSING & NURSES, African American Women | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions | IZ1512 | |
| All The Livelong Day: The Meaning And Demeaning Of Routine Work / by Barbara Garson; interviewed by Bonnie Bellow. |
Bonnie Bellow talks with Barbara Garson (b. 1941), the author of "Macbird," about her new book "All the Livelong Day: The Meaning and Demeaning of Routine Work", about the alienating nature of routine labor. They discuss Garson's interviews with working people conducted at a wide variety of workplaces, and Garson reads segments from these interviews. |
Garson, Barbara., Work -- Psychological aspects., Women authors, LABOR, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Work and unions | BC2663 | |
| Consciousness raising-WBAI (Episode 1 of 4): Housework |
This is one of four episodes of WBAI's first Consciousness-raising series, originally titled: "Consciousness-raising: An examination of women's issues." This discussion focuses on the issue of housework, particularly the balance of housework between husband and wife, and what these women learned from their mothers and other wives. This recording was possibly broadcast with a series of discussions by ex-wives or separated wives ca. October 1971 through April 1972. Recording ends abruptly. Produced by Nanette Rainone. , |
Consciousness raising., Women's movement, Feminism, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women -- Social conditions., Women -- United States -- Social conditions., Women -- United States -- Personal narratives., Women -- Psychology. | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Marriage and divorce | BC0724.01 | |
| The poet's voice (Episode 4) |
This is the fourth episode of "The poet's voice," likely KPFK broadcasted tapes of a televised program called "The poet's voice," a Theta Cable Television series from Los Angeles, 1979 or 1980. The host was TV actor and poet Macdonald Carey (1913-1994) and the poets read their work in front of an audience. This episode includes readings of poetry by deaf poet Joe Castronovo who performs his poetry in American Sign Language while Gary Sanderson interprets in English, and Holly Prado (b. 1938). |
Castronovo, Joe, Prado, Holly., Carey, Macdonald, Poetry, Modern., Afternoon air, Women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | KZ1281.04 | |
| The population bomb / Dennis Parnell and Paul Ehrlich interviewed by Al Silbowitz |
An interview with Stanford Professor Paul R. Ehrlich (noted population biologist and author of the book titled "The Population Bomb,") and Professor Dennis Parnell (Catholic scientist and biologist at California State College at Hayward). They talk with Al Silbowitz about the drastic measures called for by the increasingly critical population explosion, and about Pope Paul's encyclical opposition to birth control. Originally broadcast during KPFA's open hour. note: "1971 catalog p. 13" |
Ehrlich, Paul R., Overpopulation., Birth control -- Moral and religious aspects., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978, Parnell, Dennis R., KPFA open hour, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Reproductive rights | BB1803 | |
| Citadel of learning : the locker room / Bruce Ogilvie. (Episode 9 of 12) |
The third afternoon speaker at the symposium "The Uncertain Quest - The Dilemmas of Sex Education," produced by and held at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco and simulcast on KPFA, is Bruce Ogilvie (1920-2003), Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, San Jose State College. He discusses the damage done by street sex education. |
Sex instruction, Teenagers -- Sexuality., Adolescent psychology., Ogilvie, Bruce C., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Sex | BB0722.09 | |
| New York Radical Feminists' talk about the 1971 Rape Speakout |
This is a February 1985 rebroadcast of a 1971 episode of Womankind, hosted by Nanette Rainone. Rainone interviews four members of the New York Radical Feminists (not introduced) about the Rape Speakout they are organizing for January 24, 1971 at St. Clements Episcopal Church in Manhattan. The speakout will consist of testimony by women on their particular rapes, and a summing up what women can do to prevent rape in the future. This action was inspired by the political group Redstockings' Abortion Speakout. |
Women's organizations., Feminists, Rape., New York Radical Feminists, Rape -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rape victims | American Women -- Radical Feminism, American Women -- Violence against women | BB3958.04 |