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Title |
Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 13th Moon: A reading of feminist literature |
This program is a live reading sponsored by feminist literary magazine "13th Moon," recorded on March 18, 1981 in Washington Heights. Reading opened by 13th Moon's publisher Ellen Marie Bissert. Readers include poet Robin Morgan (b. 1941) and novelist Alix Kates Shulman (1932). Broadcast on March 18, 1981. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Shulman, Alix Kates, Morgan, Robin, 1941-, Feminist poetry, Women authors, Feminist literature., Feminist magazine | American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists | IZ0420 | |
| ...What time of night it is (Part 1 only) |
"...What time of night it is" by Patricia Horan & Marjorie DeFazio is a woman's history musical. It has 16 songs, and the outrageous, revolutionary words of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Sanger, and a dozen other fascinating women. Singer/guitarist is Hilary Morgan. The cast includes: Natalie Gray, Holly Thuma, Mary Baird, Elissa Napolin, Anne West, Tom Crisp, and Sarah Twohy. The complete program also featured interviews with currently active feminists (Susan Brownmiller, Cristian Comer, Bella Abzug) following the 90 minute musical, but the Archives only has Part 1 of the musical (48:34). Parts 2 and 3 are missing. Edited and approved for broadcast by Marjorie DeFazio. Master by Miles Smith. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women's history, Truth, Sojourner, -1883, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, SANGER, MARGARET, 1879-1966. | American Women -- Women's history | IZ1356 |