Browse the American Women collection
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| Kathie Sarachild on Gloria Steinem and the CIA |
Kathie Sarachild is interviewed on KPFA's "Unlearning to not speak" program by Susan Elisabeth. Sarachild is a member of the Redstockings radical feminist group which has just published a "warning" that Gloria Steinem and MS Magazine (Steinem is editor) may be fronts for the CIA and powers that be to block progress on feminist issues such as the exploitation of women. Focus is on Steinem's political history since the 1960s and her association with the Independent Research Service, which is believed to have been used by the CIA to block Communist youth activities in Finland and in Europe. Suspicions and warnings are being published in the Redstockings Journal. Other articles are cited in other publications on this issue. Produced by Susan Elisabeth. Outro with music. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Redstockings, Inc., Sarachild, Kathie, Steinem, Gloria, United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency. | American Women -- Radical Feminism | AZ1108 | |
| Gertrude Stein: a feminist look at the woman and the author / produced by Linda Schiffman |
A historical and critical documentary about writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Different voices are used to recreate people in Stein's life, as well as Stein herself (played by Eleanor Sully, former head of Drama and Literature Department at KPFA). Others at KPFA in the cast include: Ellen Dubrowin (subscription registrar); Kathy McAnally (Public Affairs Dept.); Warren Van Orden (Business Manager); Alan Snitow (News Director); Charles Amirkhanian (Music Director). Criticism of Stein is based on her traditional relationship with Alice B. Toklas and her middle-class mores. Also included in the program is the real Gertrude Stein reading her own word poems (including "If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso," "An Early Portrait of Henri Matisse", "A Valentine to Sherwood Anderson") and the real Alice B. Toklas reading her recipe for hashish brownies, as well as a little history. Produced by Linda Schiffman. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946, Toklas, Alice B., Literature, Experimental., Authors -- Biography. | American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1109 | |
| Adrienne Rich reading her poetry |
Adrienne Rich reads and comments on her poems at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco, CA on April 25, 1974. The reading was sponsored by the Poetry Center of San Francisco. She is introduced by Kathy (her last name is not given). She begins with poems from her book "Diving into the Wreck" (published 1973). At 3:50 "Incipience"; 6:00 "The Stranger" (comments on its misuse by Ramparts Magazine); 12:00 "Dialogue"; 13:00 "August"; 14:00 "Phenomenology of Anger"; 23:00 "Family Romance: the brothers speak"; 26:00 "White Night"; 28:00 "Reforming the Crystal"; 31:00 "From an Old House in America". Rich's reading cut off by end of tape at 40 minutes. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Lesbian poets | American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1110 | |
| A tribute to Madame Florence Foster Jenkins |
A tribute to the satirical singing and recording art of Madame Florence Foster Jenkins (1868 - 1944). Prepared and presented by Melvin Jahn. Included are rare recordings of her singing; an interview with her accompanist, Cosmé McMoon from an RCA record; and a review of her press. Her final words: "Some say I couldn't sing, but no one can say I didn't sing." |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jenkins, Florence Foster, 1868-1944, McMoon, Cosme, Sopranos (Singers), Women singers -- United States -- Biography | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1114 | |
| Rita Mae Brown, Donna Eagles and Zoe Nawoe discuss class differences |
Rita Mae Brown, author of The Hand That Cradles the Rock, Songs to a Handsome Woman, Rubyfruit Jungle and other books, and Donna Eagles, Bay Area activist, discuss class differences, feminism, sexual orientation, power and lack of power, publishing, humor, how to build a successful movement, and more with KPFA's Zoe Nawoe. Includes phone calls from listeners. Produced by KPFA's Unlearning to Not Speak collective. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Brown, Rita Mae., Eagles, Donna | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Activists | AZ1119 | |
| Group interview with Rita Mae Brown, Sally Gearhardt, Zoe Nawoe, and Ellen Dubrowin |
Group interview with Rita Mae Brown, poet and author of Songs to a Handsome Woman (Diana Press, 1973), feminist writer and activist Sally Gearhart and KPFA's Zoe Nawoe and Ellen Dubrowin, on teaching, art, politics, humor and survival. Brown reads her poems "The New Lost Feminism," "Deja Vu: Watching Old Movies on the Late Night Show," "To My Dream Butch Straight Lady Who Bolts Her Doors But Leaves Her Windows Unlatched," "Kisses to Tallulah, Wherever She May Be" and "Sappho's Reply." She also discusses her teaching job in NYC, addresses the recent dissolution of the Furies Collective, and talks about the "lack of humor" in the women's movement. Produced by KPFA's Unlearning to Not Speak collective. Contains sensitive language. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Brown, Rita Mae., Dubrowin, Ellen., Gearhart, Sally Miller, 1931-, Dawoe, Zoe | American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Activists | AZ1120 | |
| Alice Walker reads Fame from her book You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down / Karla Tonella |
Alice Walker reads her short story "Fame" from her book of short stories, "You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down," at the San Francisco Women's Building on May 23, 1981. Susanne Lee and Karla Tonella recorded the reading. Walker is the author of three books of poetry: "Once" (1968), "Revolutionary Petunias and other Poems" (1973), "Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning" (1979). She also edited an anthology of the work of Black Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston entitled "I Love Myself When I'm Laughing: a Zora Neale Hurston reader." |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Walker, Alice, 1944-, Tonella, Karla., African American women authors, Lee, Susanne | American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1127 | |
| Focus on Women Composers Overview, May 8, 1976 (Episode 1) |
Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, April McMahon, Elizabeth Pizer, Susan Sailow, and Fleur Helsingor. Contents: 1. continuity; 2. O Death, Rock Me Asleep, Anne Boleyn; 3. continuity; 4. Impromptu, Clara Wieck-Schumann; 5. continuity; 6. Quatuor, Germaine Tailleferre; 7. continuity; 8. Vieille Prière Bouddhique, Lili Boulanger; 9. continuity; 10. Hermit Thrush at Eve, Mrs. HHA Beach; 11. Fire-Flies, Mrs. HHA Beach; 12. continuity; 13. Space is a Diamond, Lucia Dlugoszewski; 14. continuity. Announcements of upcoming women composer presentations. All musical selections come from recordings. Engineer is Joan Medlin. |
Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896, Tailleferre, Germaine., Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918, Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944, Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1132.01 | |
| Focus on Women Composers: Renaissance through late Baroque, June 5, 1976 (Episode 3) |
The first in a series of four episodes of "Focus on Women Composers" providing a historical survey of various musical periods and styles from the Renaissance to the present. This episode covers women composers from the Renaissance through the late Baroque (1500-1750). Contents: 1. Harpsichord concerto in G minor, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (faded down); 2. continuity; 3. selections from La liberazione di Ruggiero, Francesca Caccini; 4. continuity; 5. O Death Rock Me Asleep, Anne Boleyn; 6. continuity; 7. Harpischord Suite No. 2 in G, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre; 8. continuity; 9. selection from Erwin and Elmire, Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar; 10. continuity; 11. Harpsichord concerto in G minor, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Presented by April McMahon, Virginia Kosanovic, and Fleur Helsingor. Master by Joan Medlin. |
Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Wilhelmine, Margravine, consort of Friedrich, Margrave of Bayreuth, 1709-1758, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640, Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729, Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1739-1807 | American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Women's history | AZ1132.03 | |
| Focus on Women Composers: Neo-Romantic Through 12 Tone, June 19, 1976 (Episode 5) |
Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, Elizabeth Pizer, and Virginia Kosanovic. Self contained. Contents: begins with theme music, an excerpt from The seasons of time, Miriam Gideon, followed by program intro. 1. Gift of the Magi, Rebekah Harkness; 2. Sonata for Harp, Germaine Tailleferre; 3. The Seasons of Time, Miriam Gideon. Ends with a reading from Aaron Copland's essay "The Creative Mind and the Interpretive Mind." Outro, theme music. Master by Joan Medlin. |
Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982, Tailleferre, Germaine., Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1132.05 |