American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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PRA Archive #	Title	Description	Genre	Broadcast Date
BC1226	Women in art history: Arlene Raven in conversation with Judy Chicago	Feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939) talks with Arlene Raven (1944-2006), a feminist art...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, November 29, 1972
BC1495	Sex and birth control for the teenager	Barbara Cady talks with Ellen Peck (1942-1995) and Stewart Mott (1937-2008). Ellen Peck is a...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, November 13, 1973
BC1218	The abortion battle rages on	Ida Honorof interviews Dr. Paul Marx, Professor of Sociology at St. John's University and...	American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, November 13, 1972
KZ2393	I remember Mama	Collage of interviews with women talking about mothering. Recorded and broadcast: May 9, 1982....	American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, May 9, 1982
KZ1249	Women unbound	Helene Rosenbluth and Eloise Klein Healy visited the People's Republic of China in April...	American Women -- International women	KPFK, May 4, 1983.
BC1933	If they'd had a room of their own	The sister of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny, was herself a pianist, singer and composer. Dorothy...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, May 28, 1974
BC1872	Music by and about women in middle and rural America / produced by Carlos Hagen	In this program Carlos Hagen makes a brief survey of how women in rural and middle America view...	American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, May 26, 1974
KZ1287	Women's concert (II): works by women composers at the Bing Theater	Women classical musicians performing music by women composers. Recorded at the Bing Theater, Los...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, May 25, 1977
BC1779	Men like their women "liberated"	A documentary exploration of changing sexual relationships within the family and social...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	KPFK, May 22, 1974
BC1844	Maxine Sellers : from the heart with a sense of humor	Examination of the intense, romantic and humorous work of composer/performer Maxine Sellers....	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, May 22, 1974
BC1924	A conversation with artist Miriam Schapiro	Artist and feminist educator Miriam Schapiro (1923 - ) reconstructs her development as a painter...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, May 19, 1974
BC0847	Maud Gonne	An original dramatic performance based on the life of Maud Gonne, actress, revolutionary and...	American Women -- Theater, American Women -- International women	KPFK, May 18, 1972
BC2110	Virginia Woolf: voices that fly ahead / produced by Maureen McIlroy	Part one of a documentary on Virginia Woolf, her work, and her life, based on the letters,...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies	KPFK, May 15, 1974
BC1939	Inside the female mind	A panel discussion on female psychology, the problems inherent in traditional methods of...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy	KPFK, May 13, 1974
BC0897	May fare for fair May	A collection of Baroque and Renaissance madrigals including Alfred Deller, and poetry of Sir...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, May 1, 1972
KZ0455	Woman words: poetry by women / hosted by Pat Millar	This is a one-hour program of poetry and prose hosted by Pat Millar. Guests are Helena Maria...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, March 8, 1982
KZ2719	International Woman's Day Coalition of Labor Union Women	The International Women's Day program for 1981 features four members of the Coalition of...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, March 8, 1981
KZ1211	Women and the New Right / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.	On Saturday, March 7, 1981, Los Angeles City College sponsored a day of panels celebrating...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, March 25, 1981.
BC1776	Rhyme and reason	English actress Rohan McCullough is interviewed by Barbara Kraft and discusses and then reads...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Theater	KPFK, March 11, 1974
KZ0125	Simone de Beauvoir : in conversation / with Studs Terkel ; narrated by Janet Dodson.	Simone de Beauvoir (b.1908- d.1986) French writer, intellectual, political activist, and...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, Mar. 8, 1977.
KZ0883	Women passing / Lynn Fonfa	Lynn Fonfa, member of the San Francisco Lesbian History Project, talks about women who passed...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Women's history	KPFK, Mar. 5, 1980.
KZ1282	Cinderella complex / Colette Dowling interviewed by Barbara Cady	Author Colette Dowling discusses her book "Cinderella complex" (Summit Books) with...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, June 29, 1981
KZ1139	Interracial gay relationships / hosted by Helene Rosenbluth and David S. Fradkin	Five interracial gay and lesbian couples discuss their relationships. Aspects include how and...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Lesbians	KPFK, June 20, 1981.
BC1871	Which doctors are witches?	A discussion with Deirdre English and Barbara Ehrenreich, authors of "Witches, midwives,...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- New age/Wicca	KPFK, June 20, 1974
BC0994	The limits of growth	A review and examination of the study done by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology...	American Women -- Environmentalism	KPFK, July 25, 1972
BC0900	Anais Nin interviewed by Frank Roberts on her diary and letters from Henry Miller	Author Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) talks with KPFK's Frank Roberts and reads excerpts from the...	American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, July 15 and October 4, 1965 and 1972 (date unknown)
BC1679	Clare Spark's New York diary from December 1973	Clare Spark, producer, introduces this episode: "...the goal I have set for this series,...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, January 6, 1974
BC1097	Portrait of a dedicated woman : Elizabeth Gurley Flynn	Communist, feminist activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) is interviewed (by William...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, January 31, 1960 and WPFW, August 7, 1977
KZ0451.05	Openness vs. pseudomasculinity / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 5 of 7)	This is the fifth of seven lectures given by Dr. Albert Ross at UCLA in 1976. The essence of the...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, Jan. 25, 1978.
BC0899	The novel of the future : realism and reality in the novel	Anais Nin (1902-1977) introduces this program as a summary of many discussions she's had...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February? 1972
BC0690	Yes, my darling daughter.	A teenage feminist consciousness-raising group, composed largely of students from Los Angeles...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, February 7, 1972
BC0659	W.A.C.s, W.A.V.E.s, W.A.F.s, W.M.s. and wives	Documentary examining the problems of women in the military, their treatment, their resistance,...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Marriage and divorce	KPFK, February 29, 1972
BC0672	Sexual slavery : alternative visions	Antoinette Bower presents a dramatic reading of differing approaches to woman's role in...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, February 29, 1972
BC0872	Dorothy Healey on Rosa Luxemburg	Activist Dorothy Healey (1914-2006) offers an exploration of the revolutionary activities and...	American Women -- International women, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, February 26, 1972
BC0759	New concepts of women : implications for therapy	Helen Landgarten talks with Elizabeth Estrup, M.A., Hannah Lerman, Ph.D., and Aurelia Morris who...	American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, February 25, 1972
BC0658	The new child : growing up without sex-role stereotypes	An examination of current views on child raising. Suggestions of new roles for families, schools...	American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, February 23, 1972
BC0650	A minority of one	Women professors frequently number only one or two in college department. Tonight, four women Ph...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, February 22, 1972
BC0670	Women in consumer advocacy	Consumer activist Ida Honorof discusses survival on a polluted planet with Dr. Ruth Harmer,...	American Women -- Health, American Women -- Environmentalism	KPFK, February 22, 1972
BC0655	Women in chains	Debra Smith, Tousha Wiley, Dolores Scott and Johnny Morris from the Harriet Tubman Prison...	American Women -- Law, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, February 21, 1972
BC0950	Daisy Aldan reads her poetry	Poet Daisy Aldan describes her style of poetry and reads selections from her collection "...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 2, 1972
BC0657	Lady broadcasters : do you have to wear a jock to be one?	Four women disc jockeys from Los Angeles - Barbara Birdfeather, Gloria, Outrageous Nevada, and...	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, February 2, 1972
BC0889	House of Incest	Author and novelist Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) reads her prose poem "House of Incest."	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 1972
BC0660	Her Raven Tresses	Examination of the symbolism, mystique, sensuality, myth, and metaphor of hair in our society....	American Women -- Beauty and body image	KPFK, February 19, 1972
BC0717	Penelope's web / produced by Judy Chaikin and Naomi Pollack	A free-form tapestry woven from music, poetry, myths, literature, and drama by and about women....	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, February 16 and 23, 1972
BC0698	Move over Pierre Boulez	Two talks about women composers and conductors in those male dominated fields, broadcast on KPFA...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, February 16 and 23, 1972
BC0901	A valentine from Clare Spark	A collection of songs (mostly show tunes) sung by and/or about women in love. pt.1. Twenty...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, February 14, 1972
BC1224	An evening with Judy Chicago: in conversation with Arlene Raven	Feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939) discusses her struggles in life and in art to discover...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, December 13, 1972
KZ0394	A grey Christmas / interviews by Aurelia Morris	Aurelia Morris interviews religious leaders about the Christmas holiday and the role of women...	American Women -- Religion	KPFK, Dec. 22, 1977
KZ2598	Documentary on the Lowell Mill Girls and early textile mill workers	Documentary on women labor reform pioneers in the United States with a focus on the Lowell Mills...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, ca. October 1976
KZ2784	Charlotte Bunch and panel Q&A at the Gay Academic Union conference (1979)	This recording contains a speech given by Charlotte Bunch from the Gay Academic Union conference...	American Women -- Lesbians	KPFK, ca. November 1979
KZ4398	Where do we go from here?	This recording is introduced as an episode of "Where do we go from here?" hosted by Helene...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- International women	KPFK, ca. June 27, 1978?
BC1768	Why PASTA-MoMA?	Susan Bertram, Rose Kolmetz and Joan Rabenau, employees at the Museum of Modern Art, talk with...	American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, ca. January 1974
BC0715	Womanhouse	Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, and Faith Wilding discuss the house "Womanhouse"...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, ca. January 1972
KZ1929	Ragtime women / Max Morath interviewed by Mario Casseta	Max Morath discusses his discovery of over 100 ragtime piano compositions by middle class white...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, ca. Jan 1978? (no broadcast info on box)
BC1923	Tense : in limbo / Leon Golub and Nancy Spero interviewed by Clare Spark	Activist artists Leon Golub (1922-2004) and Nancy Spero (1926-2009) discuss how their political...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, August 4, 1974
BC1927	Tell us all about your friends : the grand jury system / interviewed by Bruce Soloway and Jackie Friedrich	This program is examining the new use of the Grand Jury, as a problem in American criminal...	American Women -- Law	KPFK, August 12, 1974
BC1932	The time of man: American conceptions of the overpopulation problem	A documentary produced by KPFK's Ruth Buell concerning popular American views about the...	American Women -- Environmentalism, American Women -- Reproductive rights	KPFK, April 22, 1970
BC1790	Dr. Reuben tells how to get more out of sex	Dr. David Reuben, "sexpert" and author of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know...	American Women -- Sex	KPFK, April 2, 1974
BC1805	Pat Loud from "An American Family" / interviewed by Barbara Cady	Barbara Cady talks with Pat Loud about her new autobiography and her role in the WNET television...	American Women -- Film and television	KPFK, April 19, 1974
BC0758	Is it Marxist feminists or feminist Marxists?	Linda Eldon, Sherry Weber, Ethel Herring, and Jackie Goldberg discuss the relationships between...	American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, April 12, 1972
KZ1113	The OWL's nest / Tish Sommers interviewed by Grace Jacobs	Tish Sommers, founder of the Older Woman's League (OWL), discusses the problems women face...	American Women -- Aging	KPFK, Apr. 20, 1982.
KZ1022	Teach-in on the arms race / organized by Suzi Weissman	On April 20, 1981, KPFK held a day-long peace festival, dedicating the entire day to examining...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism	KPFK, Apr. 20, 1981.
KZ1025	The Effects of nuclear war / Helen Caldicott interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth	Pediatrician and anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott describes the effects of nuclear...	American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism, American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, Apr. 14, 1981.
KZ0197.02	Dropping out / lecture and interview with Dr. Carl Faber (Episode 2 of 4)	This is the second episode "Dropping Out" in a four part series of lectures by Dr....	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 8 March 1977.
KZ0197.03	Sexuality, violence, and aggression / lecture and interview with Dr. Carl Faber (Episode 3 of 4)	This is the third episode "Sexuality, violence, and aggression" in a four part series...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences, American Women -- Sex	KPFK, 8 March 1977.
KZ0197.04	Future issues in the women's movement / lecture and interview with Dr. Carl Faber (Episode 4 of 4)	This is the fourth and final episode, "Future issues in the Women's movement," in...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences	KPFK, 8 March 1977.
BC2191	Sing a battle song: poems by women of the Weather Underground	Reading of "Sing a Battle Song"; a clandestine publication of the Red Dragon Print...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, 8 Mar and 26 Nov 1975
BB4475.02	Sex, sex, sex (Episode 2)	Dr. Nancy Rosser, a resident psychiatrist at the neuropsychiatric institute at University of...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Lesbians	KPFK, 8 June 1970
BB0230	The Radical right : a threat to democracy / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson.	The Reverend John Simmons (1917-2013), Reverend Brooks Walker, and community leader and actress...	American Women -- Politicians and politics	KPFK, 8 Feb. 1962. KPFA, 9 Feb. 1962
KZ0118	Do working girls lead a glamorous life? / produced by Susan Anderson.	Susan Anderson's documentary about the lifestyle of prostitutes. Includes interviews with...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 7 Mar. 1977.
BB5173	Art and mythology of India	Clare Spark talks with Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, the curator for Islamic and Indian art at the Los...	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 7 June 1971.
BB4494.10	Elizabethan poetry (Episode 10 of 10)	The final program in the series presents the real songs of the time -- readings of poetry and...	American Women -- Women's history, American Women -- International women	KPFK, 7 July 1963.
KZ0688	Who we are / by Kate Millett ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.	Kate Millett, lesbian-feminist, sculptor and author of Sexual Politics, gives a brief history of...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 7 Jan. 1979.
KZ0209	A conversation with Ntozake Shange / interviewed by Clare Spark	Ntozake Shange, the black feminist poet, author of "For colored girls who have considered...	American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 7 Aug. 1977.
BC2908.01	Science fiction, ideology, and evolving consciousness / hosted by Linda Strawn (Episode 1 of 5)	Linda Strawn hosts this program which includes interviews with researchers and activists on the...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, 3 Mar. 1976.
BC0612	Women in film / Siew-Hwa Beh and Sharon Smith ; interviewed by Judy Chicago.	Women in Film is the title of a new magazine edited by Saunie Salyer and Siew-Hwa Beh. Editor...	American Women -- Film and television	KPFK, 3 Feb. 1972
BC2005	Strong at the broken places: middle class women and drugs	Two women - Barbara Kerr, author of "Strong in the Broken Places: Women Who Have Survived...	American Women -- Health	KPFK, 3 Aug 1974
BC2146.03	The lesbian in literature (Episode 3 of 4)	Cynthia Secor and Janet Cooper discuss the lesbian in literature at the 2nd Gay Academic Union...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 29 July 1975
BC2116	The Trojan Women	Production of a tragic play by Euripides, set on the morning after the fall of Troy. The cast in...	American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Theater	KPFK, 29 Jan 1975
BC0645	Lesbian mothers / moderated by Susan Howe	A panel of four lesbian mothers, each with a different parenting situation and circumstances...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children	KPFK, 28 Feb. 1972
BB4451.09	In the marketplace (Episode 9 of 12)	Nancy Reeves, attorney and lecturer-writer on the status of women, continues with another talk...	American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 28 Feb. 1967.
BC1817	Pensamientos femeninos	The perspective of five Chicanas in today's movement, featuring Adelaida Del Castillo,...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination	KPFK, 27 May 1974
BC1814.05	Holly Near with sisters Timothy and Laurel Near, Jeff Langley, piano (Episode 5)	On this episode of Folkscene, Howard and Roz Larman interviews singer songwriter Holly Near, who...	American Women -- Music and musicians	KPFK, 27 May 1973.
BC0633	Sadie and Maude, 1971 / Jeanette Henderson and Linda Taylor.	In this program of poetry, discussion and music dedicated to Angela Davis, two young Black women...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, 27 May 1971
KZ0706	Gayjavu / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Greg Gordon.	The past ten years in gay history are reviewed through popular music and news: consenting adults...	American Women -- Lesbians	KPFK, 27 June 1979.
BC0525.18	Women in Nazi Germany	Carlos Hagen has dedicated this program to the subject of the concept and role of woman in Nazi...	American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences, American Women -- Women's history	KPFK, 27 Feb. 1972.
BC2908.04	Alvin Toffler / interviewed by Linda Strawn (Episode 4 of 5)	First of a two-part interview with Alvin Toffler, by Linda Strawn. Toffler is the co-author of...	American Women -- Science and scientists	KPFK, 24 Mar. 1976.
BC2013	PSI discoveries	Barbara Cady talks with Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder, authors of "Psychic...	American Women -- New age/Wicca	KPFK, 24 Jun 1974
KZ1207	Our sheroes and heroes / Maya Angelou ; interviewed by Susan Anderson.	Recording contains Susan Anderson's 1976 interview with Maya Angelou, talking about her new...	American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 24 Feb. 1982
BC0656	Professionals in crisis: call girls and prostitutes	Mary Bess and Peggy Holter interview three prostitutes, two male and one female, about the...	American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 24 Feb. 1972
BC1984	Women in religious life	Documentary on the role of women in organized religion, featuring several women in religions...	American Women -- Religion, American Women -- Education	KPFK, 23 May 1974
KZ0717	Behind the violent headlines : the Zimbabwean guerrilla struggle today / Naomi Nhiwatiwa and Prosper Takawira interviewed by Anita Frankel.	Naomi Nhiwatiwa was a delegate from the U.S. branch of Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to...	American Women -- International women	KPFK, 23 July 1979.
BC0453.04	Women in the arts IV (Episode 4 of 5)	Novelist and diarist Anais Nin discusses the development of female consciousness and the effect...	American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Feminism	KPFK, 22 Nov. 1971
KZ3946	Lesbian nation / Jill Johnston	KPFK's Barbara Cady and Los Angeles Free Press reporter Helen Koblin interview Jill Johnston,...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 22 July 1975.
KZ1082	Out on the job : when to disclose your identity / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and David Fradkin.	"Ms. X," Joan Sprague, Jay Johnson, and Greg describe their experiences of being gay...	American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 20 June 1981.
BC2370	Woman to woman	This is a recording of a poetry reading of Holly Prado's writing workshop, recorded at the...	American Women -- Poetry	KPFK, 20 July 1975.
BC1992	What have women done?	Based on the book published by the San Francisco Women's History Group, this program...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 2 Sep 1974
BC2023	Let us now praise laboring men and women	A collage of labor news, history, music, poetry and comment. Produced by Jim Berland of KPFK...	American Women -- Work and unions	KPFK, 2 Sep 1974
KZ4085	Andrea Dworkin interviewed by Josy Catoggio	Feminist writer Andrea Dworkin talks about her latest novel, Mercy, with Josy Catoggio of KPFK...	American Women -- Radical Feminism, American Women -- Authors and journalists	KPFK, 1990?
KZ1426	Arttalks: Alice Aycock interviewed by Jane Hall and Don Joyce (Episode 4)	Sculptor Alice Aycock (b. 1946) discusses her life and work with Jane Hall and Don Joyce....	American Women -- Art and artists	KPFK, 1980

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