Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interview with Margaret Shedd |
Interview with local author and prison activist Margaret Shedd (interviewer not identified in program or on reel box). Born at the turn of the century, Margaret talks informally about her life, writing, and women's writing in general. Includes a short reading from one of her latest books, "Malinche and Cortés," about the relationship between the conquistador Hernán Cortés and his mistress, the Nahua woman known as La Malinche, whose name in Spanish means "treason." Produced by the Unlearning to Not Speak collective. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Shedd, Margaret, 1900- 1986, Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Women authors | American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1659 | |
| Interview with Marjorie Melville / Danice Bordett and Nanette Rainone |
Danice Bordett and Nanette Rainone interview former nun and one of the Catsonville 9, Marjorie Melville, in WBAI's studio on February 10, 1971. Melville and her husband wrote a book, "Whose Heavan, Whose Earth" (1971) which describes their experience with the Guatemalan revolutionaries. Mrs. Melville was recently released from jail (she and her husband were jailed for burning draft records in protest of the Vietnam War, husband still in jail). The focus of this interview is on her activism in Guatemala (she arrived there in 1954 when the CIA overthrew the government). Self-contained. |
Melville, Marjorie, 1929-, Trials (Political crimes and offenses), Guatemala., Guerrillas -- Guatemala., Human rights -- Guatemala., Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements, Maryknoll Sisters, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Activists | BC0287 | |
| Interview with Meg Christian by Nancy Guinn |
Nancy Guinn interviews musician Meg Christian in mid-July 1981, just after recording her new album, Turning It Over. Christian talks about the stylistic shift on her new album, about her Southern heritage, her involvement in the women's music movement, and whether she considers herself a "woman warrior." A number of songs from the album are premiered for the first time on this program. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Meg, Women musicians -- United States., Lesbian musicians, Women's music | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1655 | |
| Interview with Ukranian woman manager / William Mandel |
23rd Annual International Women's Day Broadcast in this series. Translated interview (English on one stereo track Russian on the other, balance makes English louder and clearer over Russian on sets without speaker control) with Svetlana Ivanovna, a 42-year-old female manager of clothing factory with 3800 workers in Ukraine (Slavic ethnic republic of USSR). Her father killed in World War II, raised by unskilled office-worker mother. Went to evening session college. Had 2 kids before graduating. Husband helped with kids and studies. Describes conditions for women (85% of her personnel are female). Relations with trade union: for it to permit overtime, something virtually "super-natural" must occur. If she fails to live up to union contract, she gets bawled out at workers' meeting, which she must attend. If there is a health or safety violation, she is personally fined. This interview was conducted in Kiev at the offices of a women's magazine, Radianska Zhinka, whose editor is interviewed in AZ0443. The editor also invited a 70-year-old microbiologist to meet with Mandel that day, and her interview can be heard in recording AZ0462. Interview and announcements for the first 18 minutes, followed by about 10 minutes of phone calls, then 3 minutes of pitching for the KPFA fund drive marathon. The digitized reel box label calls this program "Soviet Autobiographies". |
Mandel, William M., Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- Soviet Union., Women -- Soviet Union., Working classes -- Soviet Union., Women executives, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies, American Women -- Work and unions | AZ0445 | Interview with Ukranian woman manager / William Mandel |
| Is population control genocide? |
A panel discussion held at the Environmental Teach-in on the University of California campus in Berkeley. Panelists are Dr. Sidney Liebes, a research physicist in the genetics department of Stanford University Medical Center and director of Planned Parenthood in San Mateo; Dr. Ron Hoy, neurophysiologist and post-doctoral fellow in the U.C. Berkeley Department of Zoology; Carl Mack, Jr., assistant coordinator of the Afro-American Studies Program at U.C. Berkeley and graduate student in sociology; Stephanie Mills, graduate of Mills College, associate with Planned Parenthood, editor of Earth Times, and member of Zero Population Growth (ZPG); and moderated by Dr. William Lidicker of the U.C. Department of Zoology. The panel discusses the moral implications of overpopulation and methods of birth control. The event was sponsored by the Environmental Teach-In Committee of ZPG. Recorded April 1970 in the Zellerbach Auditorium at U.C. Berkeley. |
Hoy, Ronald R., Lidicker, William Zander, 1932-, Liebes, Sidney, Mack, Carl, Jr., Mills, Stephanie., Birth control -- Moral and religious aspects., Overpopulation., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Genocide | American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB2507 | |
| Is there sex after 64? / Dr. Earl Marsh and Mickey Apter ; hosted by Peggy Stein. |
A discussion that challenges the myth that, thanks to our society's emphasis on youth and beauty, older people are uninterested in and incapable of enjoying sex, stressing the importance of touch and affection, the differences and lack of them in the sexuality of elders. The participants are Dr. Earl Marsh, gynecologist and psychiatrist and medical director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, and Mickey Apter, Ph.D candidate at the Institute. The program is hosted by KPFA's Peggy Stein. |
Marsh, Earle M., Sex, Seniors -- Sexuality., Stein, Peggy, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Aging | AZ0561 | Is there sex after 64? / Dr. Earl Marsh and Mickey Apter ; hosted by Peggy Stein. |
| Jane Fonda and the airmen at the gates of Travis Air Force Base / reported by Denny Smithson. |
On the morning of September 11th, 1971, actress Jane Fonda and members of her troupe, who had been scheduled to put on a show in Fairfield that weekend, held a press conference at the main gate of Travis Air Force Base to tell the public why their show had to be cancelled. Following their statements, Fonda and members of the press spoke with some of the fifty or so airmen who had gathered to get their reactions to the cancellation and to life in the Air Force in general. The recording begins with KPFA's Denny Smithson interviewing 2nd Lieutenant Ken Klucsor[sp?] of the Air Force Security Police. Aside from Fonda, other speakers on the recording include Nancy Hausch, co-organizer of the planned event; Wally Long, airman from Travis AFB; and Marge Kowalski, Fairfield resident. |
Soldiers -- Personal narratives., Travis Air Force Base (Calif.), Fonda, Jane, 1937-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Vietnam conflict | BC0345 | Jane Fonda and the airmen at the gates of Travis Air Force Base / reported by Denny Smithson. (CD) |
| Jane Fonda on Vietnam: in defense of Pat Chenoweth |
Jane Fonda speaks at the University of California in Berkeley on January 29, 1973. She gives an anti-war speech at a rally for Pat Chenoweth, a soldier facing charges of mutiny in Vietnam. The tape is courtesy of the Chenoweth Defense Committee. She speaks about the Mekong Delta, Nixon's role, and the resilience and strength of the Vietnamese. Fonda reads a few excerpts from one of the chief negotiators of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam in Paris which talks about the need for solidarity and the importance of human value over gold. The recording starts with applause. Fonda is not introduced. Recorded at University of California, Berkeley. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Fonda, Jane, 1937-, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements, Protests, demonstration, vigils, etc. -- Berkeley (Calif.). | American Women -- Vietnam conflict, American Women -- Activists | BC1152 | Jane Fonda on Vietnam (CD) |
| Jane Fonda: Women in Vietnam |
Part 1 of 3: Live recording of Jane Fonda speaking in San Francisco (UCSF?) week of April 10, 1973 on her recent trip to Hanoi (for several weeks in July 1972) and the position of women in North Vietnam. She witnessed bombing of Hanoi by American planes and witnessed a play based on Arthur Miller's play, "All My Sons" (with the moral point that there is no excuse for silence on moral issues of war). She seems to be showing slides or some visuals while speaking. Part 2 of 3: Speech by Fonda (a different one?). At 19:44 Fonda speaks of military stereotypes of women and atrocities against women in Vietnam war. She is reading a poem as the reel ends. Part 3 of 3: Questions and answers session following Fonda's speech. Questions are off mike and mostly not heard, only her replies. Sound drops out for 5 minutes (27:00 - 32:20). Parts 1 and Parts 2 and 3 might be unrelated to each other, no continuity between parts. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Fonda, Jane, 1937-, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements | American Women -- Film and television, American Women -- Vietnam conflict | AZ1099 | |
| Janice Giteck / produced by April McMahon |
This program features an interview with American Composer Janice Giteck and selections from her musical works, L'ange Heurtebise and A'Agita (previously spelled Wi'igita). Giteck grew up in Tucson, Arizona and started playing piano at the age of five, composing at age six. She studied at Mills College in California and at the Paris Conservatory, and taught at Cal State University at Hayward and at UC Berkeley. Giteck is also a member of the Newport Costa Players and the Composers Cooperative. Giteck is married to John Duykers, a tenor with the San Francisco Opera. L'ange Heurtebise (The angel Herutebise) is based on a text by Jean Cocteau written in 1925, and is performed in French by John Duykers, with piano by Karl Goldstein. This is from a home recording provided by Giteck. A'Agita is based on legends of the Pima and Papago Indians of Southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, and is the name given to the harvest ceremonies. The performers of this piece are John Duykers singing the part of Corn Man; Michael Kissin as Old Man Tobacco; Thomasa Eckert as Tobacco Man's Daughter; and Scott Paulin as I'Itoi. The libretto is by Ron Giteck, Janice's cousin. This recording was made for KPFA by George Craig from live performances of the opera in April, May, and June 1977. This program is presented by April McMahon and Renee Roatcap. Published by April McMahon. Audio engineers were Susan Sailow and Joan Medlin. |
Giteck, Janice, 1946-, Women composers., Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963., Tohono O'odham Indians -- Fiction, Pima Indians -- Folklore, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0111 | Janice Giteck / produced by April McMahon |