American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Genre	Broadcast Date
BB5240	Tribes of Topanga	Anthropological examination of the life and social customs among the current inhabitants of...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 26 June 1971; 5 Aug. 1971.
KZ0451.06	The unfulfilled life / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 6 of 7)	Dr. Ross talks about midlife, from age 35 or 40 up, as a great challenge and opportunity or a...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 26 Jan. 1978.
BC1963	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'...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 25 Sept. 1974.
KZ0984	Friends of Leslie	Sue Talbot, Jerry Gumbleton, and the Reverend Dwight Blackstock, three members of Friends for...	American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 25 Nov. 1980.
BB4451.02	The traditional approach: part two (Episode 2 of 12)	Part two of a presentation on the new alternatives for women in American society, as well as the...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 25 Nov. 1966.
BB4200	Anais Nin / interviewed by Clare Spark	Anais Nin discusses her life and work with KPFK's Clare Spark (nee Loeb). This is a shorter,...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 25 May 1970.
BB4210	Angela's birthday.	A panel discussion about Angela Davis (1944 - ) and her contributions to American society. The...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 25 Jan. 1971; KPFA, 20 Mar. 1971.
BB4450.01	Perspectives in therapy: September 24, 1971	Helen Landgarten, art therapist, examines differing approaches to psychiatric practice in the...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, 24 Sep. 1971.
BC2599	Revolutionary violence / Dorothy Healey and Bob Wells	Jim Berland interviews Communist Party activist Dorothy Healey and community organizer Bob Wells...	American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 24 Nov. 1975.
KZ1230	We remember Jean Donovan / produced by Blase Bonpane and Chuck Moore.	Pat and Ray Donovan, parents of Jean Donovan, one of four American nuns who was murdered in El...	American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 24 Dec. 1982; 17 Feb. 1983.
BC0450	Feminist theatre: a woman alone	The fears, strengths, and hopes of women alone are explored in the reflections of three women....	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Radio	KPFK, 24 Aug. 1971.
BC2376	Anatomy of a manifesto	During the Journalist Encounter, which preceded the United Nations International Women's...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 23 Sept. 1975
BB5524	Maureen McIlroy reads	Maureen McIlroy reads two short stories: "War" by Luigi Pirandello, and "Near a...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 23 Feb. 1971.
BB4819	Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute on Women's Liberation and Psychoanalysis	A male speaker (unidentified in the recording) delivers a speech on the psychological impact on...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 22 May 1971.
KZ0577	A tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Pearl Skotnes.	Tribute to folk singer and activist Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978), which aired several days after...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 22 Mar. 1978.
BB5229	Interview with Anais Nin / interviewed by Clare Spark.	Diarist Anais Nin (1903 - 1977) discusses the women's liberation movement with KPFK's Clare (...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 22 Mar. 1971.
BC3070	Interview with Dian Thomas, author of Roughing It Easy	Barbara Cady interviews Dian Thomas about her new book "Roughing It Easy" on...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 22 June 1976.
BB4450.02	Perspectives in therapy: October 21, 1971	Helen Landgarten, art therapist, hosts a panel of people representing the Betsy Wooden Center...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, 21 Oct. 1971.
BB5215	On collecting art and boards of trustees in art museums / interview by Clare Spark.	Art collectors and museum trustees Joann and Gifford Phillips, discuss museums and collecting...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 21 Feb. 1971.
BB5241	Toby Lurie's sound sculptures	Clare (Loeb) Spark discusses experiments in aural art with poet and sound artist Toby Lurie....	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 20 Sept. 1970.
BB4227	Art now / Clare Spark.	Clare Loeb introduces a recording of Dr. David Kunzle, Ph.D, on artist-caricaturist Honore...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 20 Mar. 1971.
BC0312.01	Sensuality in marriage: lecture / Maxine Serett. (Episode 1 of 4)	Maxine Serett, author of the book "The Housewife's handbook on selective promiscuity" (under the...	American Women -- Marriage and divorce, American Women -- Sex	KPFK, 20 Jan. 1965.
BC0601.03	Barbara Hughes (Part 3 of 4)	Barbara Hughes reads from and comments on her poetry in a program produced and hosted by Alvaro...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, 20 Feb. 1972.
BB4451.04	Status-quo and otherwise / Ruth Miller (Episode 4 of 12)	Nancy Reeves interviews Ruth Miller, Chairman of the California Advisory Commission on the...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 20 Dec. 1966.
BB4485.02	The Witch (Episode 2)	Sybil Leek, journalist, writer and lecturer, and witch, meets the panel consisting of Geraldine...	American Women -- New age/Wicca	KPFK, 20 August 1968.
KZ0734	Rise gonna rise : a portrait of Southern textile workers / Mimi Conway interviewed by Dorothy Healey	Mimi Conway describes the present status of the unionization of textile workers in the South....	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 2 Sep. 1979.
KZ0993	Pacific Asian women poets / introduced by Joyce Nako	Joyce Nako of Pacific Asian-American Women Writers-West introduces the following writers: Momoko...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 1980?; rebroadcast as en episode of Women's Magazine, Nov. 13, 1982.
KZ1272	Shigeko Sasamori addresses Physicians for Social Responsibility.	Shigeko Sasamori, a "Hiroshima Maiden" who survived the dropping of the atomic bomb...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 1980?
KZ0856	Talking to the real Norma Rae : Crystal Lee Sutton / interviewed by Bob Aldrich and Sam Kushner.	KPFK's labor reporters Bob Aldrich and Sam Kushner interview Crystal Lee Sutton, the...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 1980.
KZ0074	Mother and motherhood	In this program, Carlos Hagen presents a brief survey of the concept of mother and motherhood...	American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, 1976? (No broadcast info on box)
KZ0806	Shoulder to shoulder / Midge McKenzie interviewed by Beverly Polokoff	Beverly Polokoff of KPFK interviews Midge MacKenzie (1938-2004), documentary film maker,...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Women's history	KPFK, 1976.
BC1377	Roadies vs. groupies / Cherry Vanilla ; interviewed by Richard Gollance.	Cherry Vanilla (née Kathleen Dorritie), publicist for David Bowie, talks with Richard Gollance...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, 1973.
BB4216	Fanny / interviews by Gina Blumenfeld	Members of the all-woman rock group Fanny discuss their origins as musicians, their influences,...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, 1971.
BB4791	Margaret Mead talks about the generation gap	Anthropologist Margaret Mead speaking on March 15, 1971 at University of Southern California...	American Women -- Education	KPFK, 197-.
BB4621	Jehovah's child : the case of Deena Metzger	Excerpts from a press conference that was held on Wednesday, September 17, 1969 concerning the...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Education	KPFK, 19 Sept. 1969.
KZ1209	An interview with Yuri Kochiyama / produced by Miya Iwataki.	On May 19, 1982, KPFK celebrated Malcolm X's birthday with special programming on the civil...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 19 May 1982.
KZ0451.04	Men at work / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 4 of 7)	This is the fourth lecture in a series of seven given by Dr. Al Ross at UCLA. There is a battle...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 19 Jan. 1978.
BB4727	Sex and the teenager / Ruth B. Michaelson.	Ruth B. Michaelson, M.A., psychologist, discusses the sexual activities and problems of...	American Women -- Sex	KPFK, 18 Oct. 1963.
KZ1036	The girls with the golden hair / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Linda Mack.	A light-hearted look at the world of blondes, incorporating music, interviews, readings and...	American Women -- Beauty and body image	KPFK, 18 Nov. 1981.
BB4214	Should abortion be legalized? : a public forum / moderated by Bob Kaufman	"Should abortion be legalized?: a public forum. Part 1 gives three points of view on the...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, 17 May 1964.
BC2908.03	Soft voices and big sticks : big business and the Third World / moderated by Linda Strawn. (Episode 3 of 5)	This episode features discussion of corporate response to the shifting tide and expectations and...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, 17 Mar. 1976.
BC2088	Population control as the new fascism : Germaine Greer at UCLA.	Germaine Greer (1939 - ), Australian theorist, feminist and academic, speaks at UCLA, November,...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, 17 Jan. 1975.
BB4451.06	Marriage a la mode (Episode 6 of 12)	Talk on the social and legal inequalities facing married women by Nancy Reeves, attorney,...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	KPFK, 17 Jan. 1967.
BC2373	Global speak-out at the U.N. International Women's Year Conference, 1975	Finding even the less formal Tribune too constricting for real communication, non-governmental...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 16 Sep. 1975
BC2396	Mother, father and child / Laurel Brodsley	An experimental radio drama by Laurel Brodsley, for three voices and electronic workshop. This...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 16 July 1975.
KZ0075	Loneliness in America and taxi dancers	A listener’s personal view of alienation, sexual loneliness and prostitution. Carlos Hagen...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 16 Dec. 1973
BB4951	A mersey killing	An experimental radio production edited and narrated by Mitchell Harding, featuring two high...	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Theater	KPFK, 15 Oct. 1965.
BC0453.03	Women in the arts III (Episode 3 of 5)	Faith Wilding and Chris Rush discuss the New Feminist Poetry, poetry that comes out of the women...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 15 Nov. 1971.
BC0619	An Evening with Anais Nin / interviewed by Judy Chicago.	Nin reads from and discusses her book Fourth Diary. She also discusses her struggle to become an...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 15 Feb. 1972.
BC0588	Six experiences of unwanted pregnancy	This program was originally produced in October 1971 for "Unlearning to not speak" by Lois...	American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Theater	KPFK, 14 Oct. 1971.
BC3072	Interview with Pat Derby, author of The Lady and Her Tiger	Barbara Cady interviews British animal trainer Pat Derby (1942-2013) about her book "The...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 14 June 1976.
BC2745	Ruth Gage-Colby interviewed by Dorothy Eletz	Dorothy Eletz attended the U.N. International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City [June...	American Women -- Activists	KPFK, 14 July 1975.
BB4451.08	A house is not a homestead (Episode 8 of 12)	Presentation of the perceived role of women in the household. With Nancy Reeves, attorney and...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 14 Feb. 1967.
BB4760	Women in the revolution	Gloria Roberts, a Black woman and mother of two children; Winki Takahashi, teacher and native...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 14 Apr. 1969.
KZ0562	The Photographer as discoverer : Dorothea Lange / Milton Meltzer interviewed by Susan Anderson.	Susan Anderson interviews Milton Meltzer, writer and historian, about his book, "A...	American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	KPFK, 13 Sept. 1978; 19 Sept. 1978.
BC2648	The woman who could read the minds of dogs	A radio adaptation of a long experimental poem by Leslie Scalapino. Scalapino's poetry is...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, 13 Sept. 1975
BC1338	The sour apple tree : June Wayne.	June Wayne (1918-2011), artist, educator and co-founder of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop,...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 13 Mar. 1973.
KZ0687	Up against the clock : career women speak out about the choice to have children / Norma Wikler interviewed by Ruth Ziony	Norma Wikler (1942-2002) is interviewed about her new book by Ruth Ziony. The title of the book...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, 13 June 1979.
BC1681	Womantruth / Megan Terry ; produced by Clare Spark.	Originally titled "Woman Fibbers." A funny and fast-moving collage of songs, poetry...	American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Theater	KPFK, 13 Jan. 1974.
BC0601.02	Holly Prado (Part 2 of 4)	Holly Prado reads from her manuscript "Signs" and discusses her poetry in a program...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, 13 Feb. 1972.
KZ0581	Mammography, X-rays, and more cancer / Irwin Bross ; interviewed by Ida Honorof.	Ida Honorof interviews Dr. Irwin Bross, Director of the Roswell Park Memorial Institute for...	American Women -- Health	KPFK, 12 Mar. 1979.
BB4504	Abortion : is it murder or a woman's right?	Panel discussion with: Walter Trinkaus, professor at Loyola University, and President of the...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, 12 July 1970.
BC2091	Cleaning up / produced by Clare Spark and Joseph Byrd.	The Sour Apple Tree presents "Cleaning up: a tribute to America's rich and how they...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 12 Jan. 1975.
BC2040	No appointment necessary : the joy of comfort / Alex Comfort ; interviewed by Dick Huemer.	Alex Comfort (1920 - 2000), British scientist, physician, and author of "The Joy of Sex...	American Women -- Sex	KPFK, 12 Dec. 1974.
BC0871	Feminist forum : women's national abortion action coalition / Barbara Roberts ; interviewed by Carol Burris.	Carol Burris interviews Barbara Roberts, M.D. on the subject of abortion. Dr. Roberts is the...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, 12 Dec. 1972.
BB4598	The Housewife's handbook of selective promiscuity / interviewed by Fred Haines.	Maxine Serett, who wrote the book "The Housewife's Handbook of Selective Promiscuity...	American Women -- Sex	KPFK, 11 Oct. 1963; 23 July 1964.
BB4451.01	The traditional approach: part one (Episode 1 of 12)	Nancy Reeves, attorney, lecturer, and writer tests the traditional approach to the status of...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 11 Nov. 1966.
KZ0451.02	Sex : the male ego / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 2 of 7, Part 1 of 2)	In his second lecture in the series, Dr. Al Ross explores our attitudes toward sex and sexuality...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 11 Jan. 1978.
BC0260	Educating women artists / Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro ; interviewed by Clare Spark.	Artists Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro discuss the state and direction of art produced by...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 11 Jan. 1971.
KZ1340	Women in science / Dr. Mary B. Kennedy, Dr. Jeanne Nerbonne and Maureen Ockert	On this episode of The Wizard show, hosts Robert Nelson and Shel Plotkin talk with Professor...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, 11 Feb. 1982
KZ1063	Nonviolence in Nicaragua / Joan Baez, Julie Miller, and Pat Murray.	In June 1981, American folk singer Joan Baez arrived in Nicaragua, one month before the...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- International women	KPFK, 11 Aug. 1981.
BC0464	Feminist art movement / interviewed by Clare Spark.	Marcia Tucker, associate curator of the Whitney Museum in New York City, describes how women...	American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 10 Sept. 1971, 22 Nov. 1971.
BC2908.02	Political responses and perspectives on the future / moderated by Linda Strawn (Episode 2 of 5)	Panel discusses the traditional categories of response to the future; the recently established...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, 10 Mar. 1976.
KZ0682	Survival Sunday Antinuclear Rally at the Hollywood Bowl, 1979	Aircheck from the live performance and broadcast of Survival Sunday, a "no nukes" rally held at...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Comedians	KPFK, 10 June 1979.
BC0389	On Sylvia Plath	Actresses Sondra Lowell, Jay MacIntosh, Juliana McCarthy, Constance Pfeiffer, Judith Roberts,...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	KPFK, 1 Oct. 1971.
BC0453.01	Women in the arts I (Episode 1 of 5)	Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, architects of a feminist art program at the California...	American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 1 Nov. 1971.
BB5388	Macbird! / by Barbara Garson ; directed by Phil Austin.	Aircheck of a live performance of MacBird!, by playwright Barbara Garson (1941 - ), directed by...	American Women -- Theater	KPFK, 1 Jan. (live) and 5 July 1967.
KZ0451.07	Spirituality and integrity : basis or vulnerability / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 7 of 7)	First half of last lecture in the series. It is difficult to attain spirituality, which is not...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 1 Feb. 1978.
BC0603	A woman's cry / read by Selma Lawrence and Barbara Kraft	A montage of selected readings about women's social conditions, read by Julie Adams, Jo...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Radio	KPFK, 1 Feb. 1972.
KZ0721	Minority reaction to the Briggs initiative / produced by Helene Rosenbluth	Helene Rosenbluth interviews Black and Jewish representatives of groups who are fighting the...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, 1 Aug. 1978.
BC0886	Angela's homecoming.	A few days after activist Angela Davis was found not guilty of all the charges against her, she...	American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 1 Aug. 1972.
AZ1132.17	Composer Miriam Gideon (Episode 17)	Program devoted to the music of American Jewish composer Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996) in honor of...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, September 25, 1976
AZ1132.16	Elayne Jones, timpanist (Episode 16)	An interview with timpanist, percussionist and teacher Elayne Jones, a Black woman with...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFA, September 18, 1976
AZ1132.55	Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Collage (Episode 55)	A program focusing on contemporary collage works by women composers. Produced and master by...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, September 10, 1977
AZ0607	You can't keep a good woman down / Alice Walker ; interviewed by Karla Tonella.	Alice Walker (1944 - ) is primarily known as a novelist and short story writer, and is a major...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFA, Sept. 5, 1981.
AZ0298	Red crystal : Sheli Nan / interviewed by Susan Sailow	Sheli Nan is an exceptional composer in the classical/jazz field. Her pieces reflect great...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, Sept. 5, 1978.
AZ0676	Alice Walker : the color purple / produced by Laurie Udesky and Corless Smith.	This program contains an interview, a speech, and readings from Alice Walker's book, "...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFA, Sept. 4, 1982.
BC2675	Testimony of a mother of a desaparecido / produced and read by Paz Cohen.	Reading of the deposition of Oriana Sánchez Romero, mother of university student Maria Isabel...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Violence against women	KPFA, Sept. 1975.
BB0067	The Mad Mitfords / Jessica Mitford ; interviewed by Colin Edwards.	English author, journalist, and political activist Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) discusses her...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFA, Sept. 1960 and Jan. 1961
AZ0181	To Briggs or not to Briggs / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi.	Panel discussion on the 1978 Briggs initiative to remove openly gay teachers and workers from...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Lesbians	KPFA, Sept. 10, 1978.
BB3268	Why I am an atheist / Madalyn Murray.	Madalyn Murray (O'Hair), founder of American Atheists who was dubbed "the most hated...	American Women -- Religion	KPFA, Part 1: 6 Dec. 1965, Part 2: 18 Dec. 1965; WBAI, Part 1: 7 Dec. 1965, Part 2: 14 Dec. 1965.
AZ1132.19	Focus on Women Composers: Electronic composers (Episode 19)	A program of electronic music composed by women composers. Presented by Virginia Kosanovic,...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, October 30, 1976
AZ1134	How Virginia Bought it in California: by Nancy Stockwell	Nancy Stockwell (1940 - 1999), Bay Area lesbian-feminist author, reads from her semi-...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Lesbians	KPFA, October 21, 1975
AZ0614	An evening of music with Linda Tillery, June Millington, and Mary Watkins	On August 9, 1981, musicians Linda Tillary (vocalist), June Millington of the rock band "...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, October 11, 1981.
AZ1145	Kate Millett reading from The Basement and Andrea Dworkin at the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference (1978)	Contents: 1. Kate Millett reads from a new book (to be published in about a year) entitled The...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Violence against women	KPFA, November, 1978?
AZ1148	Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian	Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, November 4, 1971
AZ1132.23	Focus on Women Composers: Percussion music (Episode 23)	Program highlighting the work of women percussionists. Produced and presented by Virginia...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, November 27, 1976
AZ1132.59	Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Women Composers (Episode 59)	The last in a series of four programs surveying compositions by women from the Renaissance to...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, November 26, 1977
AZ1132.22	Composer Megan Roberts (Episode 22)	Interview with Bay Area-based composer and video artist Megan Roberts. Produced and presented by...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, November 20, 1976
AZ1132.21	Singer Bessie Smith (Episode 21)	A program about blues singer Bessie Smith (1894 - 1937), with many examples of her music and...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFA, November 13, 1976

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