American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Genre	Broadcast Date
IZ1476	The darker face of God	The Darker Face of God features the music of French composer Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili"...	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, 5 Feb 1976
BB3863.67	Whatever Became of Margaret Hamilton / interviews by Richard Lamparski.	Margaret Hamilton (1902 - 1985) was an American film actress who is best known for her role as...	American Women -- Theater, American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, 6 Aug. 1968.
IZ1087	The Velvet Sledgehammer: July 6, 1983	Production reel for the July 6, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and produced by...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), American Women -- Religion, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 6 Jul. 1983
IZ1458.05	Hot flashes: women's news from Majority Report: June 6, 1978	Women's news and current events from Majority Report for January 17, 1978. Produced by Nancy...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, 6 Jun 1978
IZ1093	The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 7, 1983 (Part 1 only)	The Velvet Sledgehammer for December 7, 1983, hosted by Judy Pasternak. The program begins with...	American Women -- Theater, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Beauty and body image, American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, 7 Dec. 1983
IZ0455	The Women's movement in Holland	WOMEN'S STUDIES : THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN HOLLAND. Produced by WBAI and Kathy Ann...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, 7 Feb. 1982.
IZ1095	The Velvet Sledgehammer: March 7, 1985	Women's news with Judy Pasternak for the week of March 7, 1985, incorporating KPFA's...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, 7 Mar. 1985.
IZ1458.02	Hot flashes: women's news from Majority Report: September 7, 1977	Women's news and current events from the Majority Report for September 7, 1977. Hosted and...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, 7 Sep 1977
IZ1349.14	Women and the world in the 1980s - August 8, 1983: Interview with Kitty Tsui	Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Chinese-American lesbian poet Kitty Tsui (b. 1952), who was born...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, 8 Aug. 1983.
IZ0434	Interview with Margaretta D'Arcy	Viv Sutherland interviews Margaretta D'Arcy (b. 1934), Irish activist, actress, and writer...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, 8 Mar, 1980.
IZ0440.01	P.O.N.Y. (Prostitutes of New York): Decriminalization of Prostitution	Iris De La Cruz, chairperson of Prostitutes of New York, interviews Yolanda Jones from Black...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, 9 Apr. 1980.
BB3264	The Lesbians / interviewed by Charles Hayden.	An informal discussion between nine lesbians, all in their early-to-mid-twenties, recorded at an...	American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, 9 Dec. 1963.
BC1736	Rosalie Sorrels : travelin' lady in concert.	Concert by blues, country and folk singer, Rosalie Sorrels (1933 - ) recorded at Upsala College...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, 9 July 1973.
IZ1073	The Velvet Sledgehammer: May 9, 1979	This program contains a review of Alive!, a women's jazz group from Berkeley, and a review...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Dance, American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, 9 May 1979
IZ1061.01	The Lesbian Show: September 9, 1980 - GALA lesbian pride week poetry reading	Recording of lesbian poets reading as part of Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA)'s Lesbian...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, 9 Sept. 1980.
IZ1397	Roz Baxandall on the Coalition of Labor Union Women	Bonnie Bellow and Nanette Rainone talk with historian, Roz Baxandall, who attended the founding...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, April 10 and 11, 1974
IZ1459.02	Interview with Brett Harvey of The Feminist Press	Eileen Zalisk interviews Brett Harvey of the Feminist Press, founded in 1970 in Baltimore, MD...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, April 10, 1974.
IZ0492.16	Conflicting interests: hunger in New York City	The reality of hunger in New York City. Ruth Messinger, New York City Council member, interviews...	American Women -- Politicians and politics	WBAI, April 11, 1982
IZ1378	Radical History Radio: Feminism in the 1800s	Interview with Ellen DuBois, Associate Professor of History and American Studies at SUNY Buffalo...	American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, April 13, 1982
IZ1381	Frieda Aaron reads her poetry	Frieda Aaron, Holocaust survivor, reads some of her poetry and some poetry of her sister,...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, April 14, 1978
IZ1370	Music of Eliane Radigue	This program was originally "Music of Eliane Radigue and Philip Glass," however the...	American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, April 16, 1972
BB3895	Poetry occasional: two lady poets	Poetry reading. Henrietta Weigel and Helene Mullins are two lady poets who share much in common...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, April 18, 1968
IZ1355.02	Thor's hammer: April 18, 1981-Elspeth Meyer	Charles Lynch interviews batik artist, teacher and political activist Elspeth Meyer about her...	American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, April 18, 1981
IZ1349.05	Women and the world in the 1980s: April 2, 1982	Episode from April 2, 1982. Danielle Paul interviews Professor Donald Keene about Japanese poet...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- International women	WBAI, April 2, 1982
IZ0449.25	Jane Trahey interviewed by Rebecca Tron Klinger	Jane Trahey (1923-2000), businesswoman, humorist, author, advertising pioneer, and one of the...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, April 20, 1978
IZ1443	The extinction of Black women	An informal discussion by three Black women from the New York Black Feminist Counseling...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, April 22, 1974
IZ1383.03	Waitresses on strike	Judy Sackoff interviews Sophia Guthertz and Patty Gulino, two waitresses from Al Buon Gusto...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, April 22, 1981
BB3974	Poems from uppity women / produced by Karen Lindsey	A reading of poems by feminists Robin Morgan, Jean Tepperman, Lynn Strongin and Martha Shelley....	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, April 25, 1970; October 29, 1970
BB4070	The challenge of the selective service system / Evelyn Whitehorn; introduced by Ruth Gage-Colby	Mrs. Evelyn Whitehorn speaks before the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, April 26, 1969
IZ1173	Interview with actress and drama teacher Uta Hagen	Interview with actress and teacher, Uta Hagen. Uta Hagen created the role of Martha in Albee...	American Women -- Theater	WBAI, April 26, 1978
IZ1506	The Velvet Sledgehammer: April 4, 1980- Eleanor Munro on women artists	Today's program is an interview with art critic Eleanor Munro about her book "Originals:...	American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, April 4, 1980
IZ1512	A celebration of Black womanhood: Black women in the health sciences (Tapes 5 and 7 only)	Actualities from Barnard College's conference "Celebration of Black Womanhood" held February 4-5...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, April 5, 1978?
IZ1377.03	Feminist psychoanalytic therapy	The topic is psychoanalytically-informed feminist therapy, with moderators Lynne Zeavin and...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	WBAI, April 5, 1982
IZ1426	Debate on the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.)	This recording is of a debate on the Equal Rights Amendment held before a meeting of the...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)	WBAI, April 6, 1975
IZ0643	Rukeyser Reading Series: Grace Paley and Allen Ginsberg interviewed by Dennis Bernstein	Rukeyser Reading Program on the Air. Part one: [30 min.] Dennis Bernstein interviews Grace Paley...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, April 6, 1980
IZ1505	The Velvet Sledgehammer: April 7, 1980- Leith Mullings on sex roles	Today's program features a talk by Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings, professor of anthropology at...	American Women -- Anthropology and societal role	WBAI, April 7, 1980
IZ1513	Alice Childress interview and reading (Part 2 only)	Alice Childress reads from her novel "A Short Walk" (Coward, McCann and Geoghegan,...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, April 7, 1980
BB3804.02	Marianne Moore reads at the Poetry Center	In this program, the well-known American poet, Marianne Moore, reads from her work before an...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, April 8, 1965.
IZ0711	Bernice Johnson Reagon: Black Women's issues	Speech by Bernice Johnson Reagon, given November 11, 1980 at Barnard College's Reid...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Music and musicians	WBAI, April 8, 1981
IZ0449.05	Women's legal clinic: April 9, 1979-Sex discrimination in employment	Women's legal clinic. Broadcast live. Topic: Sex discrimination in employment. Hosted by...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, April 9, 1979.
IZ0423.05	Interview with director John Badham / by Judith M. Kass	Judith M. Kass interviews John Badham, director of Dracula and Saturday Night Fever. Badham...	American Women -- Film and television	WBAI, August 10, 1979
IZ0449.15	Women's occupational health: August 10, 1981	Aircheck of Everywomanspace episode in a series on women's occupational safety and health,...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Health	WBAI, August 10, 1981.
BB3804.09	May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center	This is a recording of May Swenson (1913 - 1989) reading from her own work at the YM-YWHA Poetry...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, August 12, 1966.
IZ1349.07	Women and the world in the 1980s: August 20, 1982- Audre Lorde	Episode from August 20, 1982. Blanche Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, August 20, 1982
IZ1356	...What time of night it is (Part 1 only)	"...What time of night it is" by Patricia Horan & Marjorie DeFazio is a woman...	American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, August 21, 1980
IZ1357	Manhattan Theatre Club poetry cabaret	This is a recording of the Manhattan Theatre Club's "Writers in performance"...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, August 22, 1979
BC1954	The book business	Barbara Burn, who edits art books for Viking Press in New York City, discusses the values and...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, August 25, 1974
IZ1491	Women's Equality Day in Central Park, August 27, 1977	Actuality from a march to support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)	WBAI, August 27, 1977
IZ0449.18	Ethical issues in human reproduction	A presentation of tapes edited and selected from a symposium called "Ethical Issues in...	American Women -- Science and scientists, American Women -- Reproductive rights	WBAI, August 30, 1982
IZ0391.01	Leonore Tiefer on rape prevention and awareness	Nancy Kramer, director of the Committee for Public Justice, interviews Dr. Leonore Tiefer, head...	American Women -- Violence against women	WBAI, August 31, 1981
IZ1468	Reading and interview with novelist and artist Ursule Molinaro	Ursule Molinaro (1916 - 2000), Paris-born social-satirist, novelist, playwright, and artist...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, August 31, 1981
IZ0255.01	Maybe you'll have a chuckle show / Joyce West	"Summer Loves and Such Stuff." Commentary, memories and music from comedian Joyce West...	American Women -- Comedians	WBAI, August 5, 1982
IZ0449.07	Women's legal clinic: August 6, 1979- ERA	Women's legal clinic. Eve Cary and Judy Levin talk about ERA and take listener phone calls...	American Women -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)	WBAI, August 6, 1979.
IZ1436	Report from Vietnam by Judy Coburn - August 7, 1970	This is a special report broadcast the same day as it was recorded, from Pacifica's Saigon...	American Women -- Vietnam conflict	WBAI, August 7, 1970
IZ1412	Dying to be heard: the work of Ann Sexton	Dying to be heard: the work of Ann Sexton read by Karen Ludwig. Opens with a reading of the New...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, August 8, 1979
IZ0510	Speakout for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse / produced by Celeste Wesson.	A program produced from a public speak-out on abortion and sterilization abuse which was held...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	WBAI, ca. 10 Sep. 1977.
BC0051	Germaine Greer speaks at the National Press Club.	Germaine Greer (b. January 29, 1939), academic and author (The Female Eunuch) speaks at the...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, ca. 18 May 1971; 14 Aug. 1971; KPFA, 15 July 1971.
IZ1494	Dee Wells reminisces on her friendship with Bunny Lang	Alberta Constance "Dee" Wells (1925-2003), author and journalist speaks about her friendship...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Theater	WBAI, ca. 1975 (date unknown)
IZ1376	Wild Women: poetry for the Joan Little case	Poetry reading: "Wild Women, Joan Little case". Notes: All women's audience, no...	American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, ca. 1977
IZ1483	Physicist Freda Salzman interviewed by Eileen Zalisk	On this episode of Women in Science, Eileen Zalisk interviews physicist Freda Salzman (1927 -...	American Women -- Science and scientists, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, ca. 1979 (date unknown)
IZ1486	Radiation victim advocate Janet Gordon and victim Gloria Gregerson interviewed by Eileen Zalisk	Production reel for a program produced by Eileen Zalisk, possibly Velvet Sledgehammer. Includes...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Health	WBAI, ca. 1980 (date unknown)
IZ0255.03	High Heeled Women: ca. 1982	The High Heeled Women Show starring Mary Fulham, Cassandra Danz, and Tracy Berg. Mick played by...	American Women -- Comedians	WBAI, ca. 1982
IZ1414.02	Sojourner's Journal: Battered women	Sojourner's Journal hosted Yasmine Pierre. Today's episode is about battered women,...	American Women -- Violence against women	WBAI, ca. 1982 (date unknown)
IZ1372	Doc and Hannah McConnell interviewed by Laura Simms	Laura Simms interviews storytellers Ernest "Doc" McConnell (1928-2008) and his...		WBAI, ca. 1982 (date unknown)
IZ1349.12	Women and the world in the 1980s: Cora Weiss and Annette Rubenstein	Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Cora Weiss, activist with Women Strike for Peace and director of...	American Women -- Activists	WBAI, ca. 1983 (date unknown)
IZ1349.13	Women and the world in the 1980s: Barbara Smith and Michele Cliff (ca. 1984)	Interview with Barbara Smith, writer, co-founder of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, ca. 1984 (date unknown)
IZ1428	Science reporter Laurie Garrett speaks about the AIDS epidemic	Interview with science reporter for National Public Radio, Laurie Garrett, about the political...	American Women -- Health	WBAI, ca. 1988 (date unknown)
IZ0443	Anna Quindlen, live at Barnard College	Anna Quindlen, sydicated columnist at the New York Times, speaks about her education and...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	WBAI, ca. 1993 (day unknown)
BC2246	The role of women in the arts / moderated by John Perreault.	Art critic and poet John Perreault holds a roundtable discussion on "The Role of Women in...	American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, ca. April 1975
BC2697	V.R. Lang : a memorial / produced by Charles Ruas and Susan Howe	A memorial program to the late poet and playwright Violet Ranney "V.R." "Bunny" Lang (1924-1956...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, ca. December 1975
BC2069.09	Women's Coalition for the Third Century (WC3C) / interviews by Nanette Rainone and Brett Harvey. (Episode 9 of 15)	The Women's Coalition for the Third Century (WC3C) is an outgrowth of women's...	American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, ca. July?, 1975 (day unknown)
IZ1480	Government surveillance and the control of women: Berkshire Conference on the History of Women	This recording contains of excerpts (not complete) of the panel "Government Surveillance and the...	American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, ca. June 18, 1981?
IZ1509	Lesbian Pride Concert 1978	Actuality from the 1978 Lesbian Pride Concert held during Lesbian Pride Week '78, organized...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, ca. June 1978?
IZ1459.01	Interview with members of NOW-New York Chapter	Judy Pasternak interviews two members of the New York chapter of the National Organization of...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Activists	WBAI, ca. March 1979
IZ0921	Karen Cosden interviewed by Eileen Zalisk: March 21, 1979	Eileen Zalisk interviews Karen Cosden[sp?] about women and sex hormones. "Fighting the...	American Women -- Health	WBAI, ca. March 21, 1979
BC2249.07	Alternative cancer cures (Program Two) / produced by Margot Adler and Paul McIsaac. (Episode 7 of 11)	This is the second program dealing with unorthodox cancer cures. Diets, psychic healing and...	American Women -- Health	WBAI, ca. May 1975
BC2249.09	Artists, craftsmen and cancer / hosted by Paul McIsaac. (Episode 9 of 11)	Dr. Bertram Carnow of the University of Illinois School of Public Health, Gail Barazini, artist...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Art and artists	WBAI, ca. May 1975.
IZ0909	Women's Pentagon Action Rally	Banded reel of actuality from the Women's Pentagon Action on November 17, 1980, held in...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	WBAI, ca. November 17, 1980
IZ0527	Interview With Ruby Rohrlich-Leavitt, feminist anthropologist	Interview with feminist anthropologist and Manhattan Community College Associate Professor, Ruby...	American Women -- Anthropology and societal role, American Women -- International women	WBAI, ca. October 11, 1976? (date unknown)
IZ1492	Women Against Pornography Conference (1979): Welcome and Speakout	These four reels contain actuality from the Women Against Pornography Conference, which took...	American Women -- Violence against women, American Women -- Sex	WBAI, ca. September 1979
BC0724.01	Consciousness raising-WBAI (Episode 1 of 4): Housework	This is one of four episodes of WBAI's first Consciousness-raising series, originally titled: "... , ...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	WBAI, ca. summer 1971.
BC2149	Emma Goldman: 1869-1940 / produced by Marcia Danab and Nina Mende	Emma Goldman (1869-1940) committed her life to fighting economic and sexist exploitation and was...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, circa 1975 and September 18, 1981
BC2196.22	Women in France	Interview with French feminist Danielle Sabatier, member of the National Council of Working...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, circa 8 Mar. 1982
BB3866.03	Women: birth control-abortion / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 3 of 5)	Part three in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	WBAI, circa December 28, 1968
BB3866.05	Women: "Childness" / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 5 of 5)	Part five in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Parenting and children	WBAI, circa February 6, 1969
BB3866.04	Women: love and violence / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 4 of 5)	Part four in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, circa January 18, 1969
IZ0449.03	Blanche Cooke on Crystal Eastman	Blanche Cooke talks about the life and work of Crystal Eastman (1881-1928), a radical, feminist...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, circa January 1979.
BB3259	The call girl / Dr. Harold Greenwald	Dr. Harold Greenwald, author of The Call Girl: A Social and Psychoanalytic Study (Ballantine),...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	WBAI, circa January 6, 1961
BB4045	Emily Dickinson's letters / by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; read by Samuel Charters	A reminiscence by Thomas Wentworth Higginson from The Atlantic Monthly for October 1891,...	American Women -- Poetry	WBAI, circa July 1963
BB3866.02	Women: girl watching / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 2 of 5)	Part two in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women'...	American Women -- Feminism	WBAI, circa November 19, 1968
IZ0705	Bernadette Devlin speaking at Barnard College (Part 1 only)	Bernadette Devlin [McAliskey] speaks at Barnard College on November 20, 1976. This is Part 1 of...	American Women -- International women	WBAI, December 1, 1976
IZ1405	The November 10, 1977 CCNY conference: Black and Latin women in art and politics	Excerpts from the November 10, 1977 conference of Black and Latin women in arts and politics,...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, December 1, 1977
IZ1383.01	Interview with a female apprentice plumber	Interview by Judy Sackoff with a woman in the construction trades, "Judy," a second-...	American Women -- Work and unions	WBAI, December 1, 1980
IZ1427	The Varied Voices of Black Women: an Olivia Records concert	This is a recording of the final concert from the Olivia Records tour "The Varied Voices of...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Lesbians	WBAI, December 10, 1978
IZ0670.02	Women's Poetry Reading to benefit Ikon Magazine	The second half of the excerpted version of the benefit reading held for Ikon Magazine on...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	WBAI, December 11, 1982
IZ0449.22	Diary of a pacifist feminist	On this episode of Everywomanspace, a reading from the book "Lella Secor: A Diary in...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Women's history	WBAI, December 13, 1982.
IZ0672	Sexual abuse of children	Viv Sutherland interviews Florence Rush, author of "Sexual abuse of children: the best kept...	American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Violence against women	WBAI, December 14, 1980
IZ0449.12	Women's occupational health: December 15, 1980	Another in a series of programs on women and occupational safety and health produced by Dr....	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Health	WBAI, December 15, 1980
IZ0449.08	Women's legal clinic: December 2, 1979-Child custody	Women's Legal Clinic aircheck. Judy Levin and Betty Levinson discuss child custody and take...	American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	WBAI, December 2, 1979.
IZ1421	The Future of Housework (Part 1 only)	Documentary about the future of housework, hosted by Celeste Wesson. Contains recordings from...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Parenting and children	WBAI, December 20, 1977

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