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The woman boxer / Jackie Tonawanda ; interviewed by Bonnie Bellow

Bonnie Bellow talks with woman boxer Jackie Tonawanda (1933-2009), who is currently fighting the New York Athletic Commission for the right to box professionally. Bellow also talks with her manager, Lee Levinson.

After the news : work / Selma James ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone.

Selma James, proponent of the idea of "Wages for Housework", is interviewed by WBAI's Nanette Rainone. James discusses the American vs. the European reception to the idea of wages for housework, the performance of prescribed sex roles and the reproduction of the labor force, and how to move from the unwaged work of housewives to the refusal of work altogether.

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 participation in Bicentennial activities. In October 1974, WC3C held a conference in Boston and Nanette Rainone and Brett Harvey interviewed three women attending the conference about women's history, and the rise in women's history research and writings.

The American revolution / Eric Foner and James Shenton (Episode 8 of 15)

Marxist historians discuss the American revolution.

The original people / Sagga Cook and Joan Hayes Garabedian (Episode 2 of 15)

Sagga Cook (Mohawk Nation) and Joan Hayes Garabedian (Wampanoag-Cherokee) discuss their views of the beginning of the United States of America. BROADCAST: WBAI, 1975 and KPFA, May 8, 1975. Produced by WBAI as part of the Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness series.

Circle of sound

This recording is inspired from a live event last August (1973) at the Manhattan Theater Club entitled "Circle of Sound". Eight women composers sang their own music, as produced by the club. The event was assembled and directed by Christopher Alden. The host is Lynn Meadow, executive and artistic director of the Manhattan Theater Club.

The world split open / Louise Bernikow.

"The world split open" is the title of a new anthology of women's poetry. In this program, Joan Larkin talks with Louise Bernikow, editor of the anthology. Program includes some of the poetry included in the anthology, recorded May 13, 1972 at WBAI at a Women's poetry reading, also entitled "The world split open".

What woman and who, myself, I am / Rosalie Sorrels.

Program of women's songs and poetry by Sylvia Plath, Denise Levertov and Anne Sexton, read and selected by Rosalie Sorrels. She ends the program "These have been some words and some songs, by women, which reinforce the way I feel about being a woman. All except the opening remarks.

Current themes in women's writing : masturbation / produced by Irene Schram, Ellen Turner, Dorothy Engleman and Linda Cohen.

This program explores the evolution of women's consciousness through poetry, prose, fiction, and non-fiction. The theme of this tape is masturbation. Produced by Irene Schram, Ellen Turner, Dorothy Engleman, and Linda Cohen of WBAI Women's Radio Workshop. Contains conversations, interviews, readings, and songs.

Marc Cooper / interviewed by David Gelber.

Cooper describes the military coup d'etat in Chile, 1973 against the Allende government.

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