Documentary about the future of housework, hosted by Celeste Wesson. Contains recordings from the conference "The Future of Housework: the role of the housewife and sharing arrangements for childcare," organized by the Women's Studies program at Sarah Lawrence College. Part 1 features three personal views on housework and childcare: 1. Roni Hagerty -- National Congress on Neighborhood Women, 2. Carolyn Reed -- Chairperson of Union of Household Technicians, 3. Alice Kessler Harris -- historian, Hofstra, D. 65 Labor College. Part 2, which the archives doesn't currently have in the collection, was a panel on Feminist Perspectives on Housework and Childcare: Historical, Theoretical, and Programmatic. Panelists are: 1. Gerda Lerner -- historian, Sarah Lawrence, 2. Joan Kelly-Gadol -- historian, City College, 3. Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- Ms. Magazine editor.
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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