Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesbian Express: Book reviews for January 12, 1975 |
Production reel with general review of lesbian presses and titles of books by and about lesbians with a few selections read and commented upon. Segments: 1. A collection from Diana Press (Baltimore, MD) titled Women Remembered: A Collection of Biographies from the Furies, which includes a chapter on Queen Christina of Sweden; 2. New lesbian fiction from Daughters, Inc. a collective in Plainsfield, Vermont, featuring reviews of Elena Dykewomon (Nachman)'s Riverfinger Women and Nancy Lee Hall's A True Story of a Drunken Mother; 3. Older lesbian novels published by conventional presses: Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, Isabel Miller (Alma Routsong)'s A Place for Us; 4. Reviews of Violette LeDuc's La Batarde and the Sense & Sensibility Collective's "Women and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Women Writers"; 5. Books published by The Women's Press Collective in Oakland, CA, with a reading from Zulema's Soy and a reading of Elsa Gidlow's love poems; 6. Non-fiction: Reviews of Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, The SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas. No intro or outro or identification of reviewers. Previously cataloged as AZ1147. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Book reviews, Lesbian authors | American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1675.04 | |
| Lesbian Express: Lesbian mothers (Part 2 only) |
Lesbian Express presents a program on lesbian mothers. Issues concerning child-rearing, child custody cases involving ex-husbands, and the lack of support for mothers in the lesbian community are explored. This is part 2, part 1 is missing. Contains sensitive language. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lesbian mothers, Motherhood | American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Lesbians | AZ1675.06 | |
| Lesbian Express: Live music show |
Aircheck of a live music edition of Lesbian Express, from September 1973. Contents (Reel 1): 1. Julien performs three songs; 2. Station ID, in-studio and listener phone call question-and-answer session with musicians, including Julien, Debbie Spitz, Mary Bush and Leaf. 3. Announcements, and introduction of performers. Contents (Reel 2): 1. Margie and Lisa perform a new version of "Summertime" and three other songs. No intro or outro, likely not the entire program. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Lesbian musicians | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1675.01 | |
| Lesbian Express: Self defense (Part 2 only) |
Aircheck of Lesbian Express episode about self-defense, December 9, 1973. Women are both leading and taking self-defense classes on street fighting and karate present their views on the physical confidence and mental state necessary to confront violence. This portion of the recording features a portion of a tape of another woman discussing self-defense. Also contains a song about lesbian self-defense by Maddie and Margie and Lisa. Archives only has the second of three reels of this program. Contains sensitive language. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lesbians, Self-defense for women | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Violence against women | AZ1675.02 | |
| Lesbian Express: Sweet Chariot interview |
Sweet Chariot is a women's rock band from the Bay Area who play funk, blues, rock and soul for women. The group talks their origins, their music and their influences. The band's members are Sharon Russell (vocals), Pamela "Tiik" Pollet (guitar), Bonnie Johnson (drums), and Peggy Mitchell (bass). Archives copy of this recording lacks music cues. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Funk (Music) | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1675.03 | |
| Lesbian Express: Therapy (Part 2 only) |
Lesbian Express presents a program on Therapy. This is part 2, part 1 is missing. Note found in box: "There was no aircheck made for the Therapy Show. The show began with a taped reading of "Edward the Dyke" by the author Judy Grahn. This tape was borrowed. If you wish, we can submit the text to you. It is a humorous-sardonic account of a lesbian's visit to a psychiatrist. There were the usual announcements/a couple of songs in the places where there is leader in the middle of the tape, and call-ins at the end." |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lesbians, Psychotherapy. | American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy | AZ1675.05 | |
| Lesbian images in literature |
Valerie Taylor talks about the history of lesbian literature in front of an audience at the West Coast Women's Music Festival in September 1981, then we hear studio readings of three lesbian short stories. The first piece is Celia by Francine Krasno, part of a collection of short stories called Lesbian Fiction: An Anthology, published by by Persephone Press, 1981, read by Ginny Berson and Reyna Cowan. The second story is Ladybug by Arny Christine Straayer from her book of short stories Hurtin & Healin & Talkin It Over; published by Metis Press and read by Mary James. The third story is Grinning Underneath by Maureen Brady, part of the Lesbian Fiction: An Anthology, and it is read by Kim Brown. The program was produced by Kim Brown and Reyna Cowan. Special thanks to ICI: A Woman's Place, for sharing their knowledge and books to make this program possible. No intro or outro. Previously cataloged as Valerie Taylor on lesbian literature / produced by Reyna Cowan. |
Taylor, Valerie, 1913-1997, Lesbian authors, Lesbian pulp fiction, Straayer, Arny Christine, Krasno, Francine, Brady, Maureen, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1366 | |
| Lesbian moms / produced by Kim Brown and Janet Cuddihy |
Kim Brown talks with three lesbian mothers, Betty, Cheryl, and Joann, and Gardener, her five-week-old baby. The panel have children from artificial insemination, and they talk about how they found donors, getting pregnant, what it was like being pregnant within and outside of the lesbian community, alternatives they have found to the nuclear family, the problems and joys of motherhood from this different perspective, and legal questions they have to deal with. This is an episode of "Women's Saturday magazine" hosted by Kim Brown. Intros and outros with pre-recorded song "Baby-Rocking Medley" by Rosalie Sorrels. Produced by Kim Brown and Janet Cuddihy; engineered by Jean Robertson; with technical assistance from Karla Tonella. |
Lesbians, Lesbian mothers, Artificial insemination., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children | AZ1365 | |
| Lesbian non-mothers |
Katherine Davenport of KPFA explores the thoughts, feelings, and politics of lesbians who don't have children. This tape is a re-broadcast from WBAI. |
Lesbians, Lesbian mothers, Lesbians -- Social conditions, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children | IZ1065 | |
| Lesbian purges in the military / produced by Karla Tonella |
Panel with four women who were in the military from 1946 until 1980 including Judy Grahn, author of "The Common Woman Poems"; Pat Bond from the film "Word is Out"; Sharon Isabel, author of "Yesterday's Lessons"; Debra DeBont of the Women Veterans Information Network; and moderated by Sabrina Sojourner. Topics include inspiration to join the military, how lesbianism is approached by the services, racism and class-ism in the military, the straight/lesbian split, the poverty draft, the women from the Norton Sound. Contains some comments from listeners. One word of sensitive language. Produced by Karla Tonella. |
Gay military personnel, Lesbians -- United States, Lesbians, Grahn, Judy, 1940-, Bond, Pat, DeBont, Debra, Isabel, Sharon, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women and the military | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Feminism | AZ0499 | Lesbian Purges in the Military / produced by Karla Tonella. (CD) |