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Women and the world in the 1980s: January 22, 1982

Blanche Cook interviews writer Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), who reads poems from her newly published book A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far (W.W. Norton, 1982).

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Women poets American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Authors and journalists IZ1349.02
Pregnancy

Know your body: Pregnancy. This is lecture is part of a course on women's health given at the Women's Medical Center in New York City in spring 1972. In this program on pregnancy, Judy Graham of the Women's Medical Center introduces speakers Joan Haggerty and Carol Gingold. This lecture was recorded May 25, 1972 and broadcast on WBAI October 22, 1972. Produced by Caryl Ratner.

Women's health services, Women -- Medical care., Pregnancy., Childbirth, Natural childbirth, Breast feeding -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Health BC0943.03
Voices from the westward journey / compiled by Lillian Schlissel ; produced by Clara Kern.

In this radio adaptation of "Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey" compiled by Lillian Schlissel, excerpts from autobiographical accounts are treated as individual voices which view the westward trek from a woman's perspective. All voices are those of producer, Clara Kern. First broadcast July 1982.

Women -- History., Schlissel, Lillian, Women pioneers, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Women's history TZ0024
Indians and medicine : sterilization and genocide / Dr. Connie Uri ; interviewed by Jim Berland.

Connie Uri, MD, a Native American doctor, discusses the Bureau of Indian Affairs' sterilization policy in Oklahoma with KPFK's Jim Berland. Uri describes the American government's forcible sterilization of Native American women and reports on her visit of Claremore Indian Hospital in Claremore, Oklahoma, where she discovered that over one hundred Native women who were sterilized in 1973 alone. She also discusses the role of medical professionals, especially doctors, in perpetuating these practices.

Berland, Jim., Indians of North America -- Government relations., Sterilization (Birth control)., Indians and medicine : sterilization and genocide / Dr. Connie Uri ; interviewed by Jim Berland., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Claremore Indian Hospital American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination BC1963
A Packet beating like a heart / by Eloise Klein Healy ; recorded by Catherine Stifter.

Eloise Klein Healy reads from her newly published book of poetry "A Packet Beating Like A Heart." Healy, a Los Angeles-based poet, gives a moving, energetic reading which was recorded live at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles, December 1980. Poems read: Going away -- You won't love me and I learn death -- She was my friend, too -- It could have all happened and part of it did -- Dark -- A mile out of town -- Poem for my youth/poem for young women -- Edging -- Like a woman in a short story -- A packet beating like a heart -- About losing -- I name your love for me -- Driven to meet you in rainy weather -- Generous -- I spent the day with you -- Finally -- After the last call home. Catherine Stifter, recorder.

Healy, Eloise Klein., Poetry, Modern., Women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Poetry PZ0031
Angelina and Sarah Grimke (Episode 3 of 6)

Sarah and Angelina Grimke: slaveholders turned abolitionists, the first American women to give public lectures and to advocate women’s rights. The third in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879), known as the Grimké sisters, were 19th-century Southern American Quakers, educators, and writers who were early advocates of abolitionism and women's rights.

Women -- United States -- History., Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879, Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873, Abolitionists., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history BB3802.03
Courageous sisters / produced by Deborah Janone.

This program takes a look at some of the vibrant and exciting women of the 1800's who were in many ways responsible for beginning the women's movement in the United States. Dramatized versions of speeches and diaries are used, as well as live and recorded music, and discussion with Isabel Welsh, a member of the League of Academic Women at the University of California at Berkeley. Eleanor Sully, Gretchen Kunitz and Rena Down also discussed and dramatized writings and speeches used in the program. Further research assistance provided by the Women's History Library in Berkeley, the Women's Place Bookstore in Oakland, and Letitia "Tish" Sommers, a member of the National Organization of Women (NOW). Music in the program performed live by Women's Laughing Refuge Doo-Dah Band, along with pre-recorded music from Melanie. Produced by Deborah Janone for KPFA.

Janone, Deborah., Women's movement -- United States., Women -- Suffrage -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, Truth, Sojourner, -1883, Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 American Women -- Women's history BC0933
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Black Women's issues

Speech by Bernice Johnson Reagon, given November 11, 1980 at Barnard College's Reid Lectureship Women's Issues Luncheon, titled "My Black Mothers and Sisters: On Beginning a Cultural Autobiography." Tape begins with Reagon singing a poem by June Jordan. She speaks of Black women's roles in her mother's generation, the courageous actions of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer [1917-1977] to register to vote, the Civil Rights Movement, and the need to act in the 1980s. She is a founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock (a Black singing group) started in 1973. 47:00 red leader followed by Question and Answer section. Reagon explains the start of Sweet Honey in the Rock and her work at the Smithsonian Institute on Black American Culture (collecting spirituals and gospel music). Not self-contained. Some edits during speech.

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-, African American women musicians, Jordan, June, 1936-2002, Hamer, Fannie Lou, Black women -- Personal narratives. American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Music and musicians IZ0711
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
The Velvet Sledgehammer - August 11, 1982: Poetry reading at Plowshares III Coffeehouse

Poetry reading hosted by Nancy DuPlessis, held June 24th, 1982 at the Plowshare III Coffee House, set up for the duration of the 2nd special United Nations Conference on Disarmament. In Part 1, the readers are Jan Clausen (b. 1950), short story writer, founding editor of Conditions magazine, activist in the feminist movement working for the Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse, and the Women's Pentagon Action; Vinie Burrows, actress, writer, producer, non-governmental observer for the Women's International Democratic Federation, who has toured in Europe and Africa with her seven solo performances; Arthur Dobrin, a leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, active member of Amnesty International, author and anthologist. In Part 2, the readers are (Masani) Alexis DeVeaux (b. 1948), playwright, novelist, co-founder of The Flamboyant Ladies Theater Company, and contributing editor at Essence Magazine; Joseph Bruchac (b. 1942), of Slovak, English and Native American descent, is a critic and editor of the Greenfield Review; and Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones, 1934-2014), prolific playwright, journalist, critic, and author whose most recent publication is In the Tradition.

Clausen, Jan, 1950-, Burrows, Vinie., Dobrin, Arthur, 1943-, Women poets, Disarmament., De Veaux, Alexis, 1948-, Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-, Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism IZ1083
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