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Workers Feminism, Women, Women's Studies
  • Vivian Adams

    Vivian Adams discusses the beliefs of the Mormon Church regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

    Jun. 15, 1982

    Vivian Adams discusses the reasons behind the Mormon Church's stance against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The discussion includes the beliefs of the Church regarding the roles of men and women, as well as the history and music of the Mormon Church. Songs include "Oh, Babylon," "Tittery Irie Aye," "Come, Come Ye Saints," and "The Handcart Song."

  • Dorothy Andrers, Berlene Bernette, Fay Williams

    Three employees from the Hanes factory in Galax, Virginia discuss their work environment

    Oct. 28, 1982

    Dorothy Andrers, Berlene Bernette, and Fay Williams talk about the rapid & repetitive work they do inspecting Hanes tee shirts. Without a union to protect them, the women said they are treated like animals. They all suffer from tendonitis but the company refuses to acknowledge that their suffering is from work on the job.

  • Laurel Snyder discusses prostitution and the COYOTE organization

    Aug. 26, 1980

    Laurel Snyder describes to Studs Terkel her journey into prostitution and her involvement in the organization COYOTE, which advocates for the rights of sex workers and the decriminalization of prostitution.

  • Jane Stern discusses her book "Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy"

    Dec. 18, 1975

    Jane Stern discusses her book "Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy" and the life, culture, and myths of truck drivers.

  • Discussing rape as a weapon of war with Vivian Stromberg, Vera Litricin, Durda Knesevic, Sofija Sarich and Mirna Cunningham

    Mar. 25, 1993

    These five women are from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Nicaragua.

  • Christine Fox, Annie Merrill and Jennie Wilkes discuss their work and upbringing in England

    1970

    Christine Fox, Annie Merrill and Jennie Wilkes discuss sexism in the television industry, their upbringings, and what life is like in England for young women. This is the first of two interviews, four years apart, with these women. 1965631-3-1 is the follow up.

  • Barbara Kopple

    Barbara Kopple discusses her documentary "American Dream"

    Mar. 20, 1992

    Academy Award winning documentarian Barbara Kopple talks with Studs about her documentary "American Dream" and the battle fought and lost by union workers in Austin, Minnesota during the mid-80s. They set the backdrop in the small, tight-knit community that Hormel Foods had such a profound impact on, how the UFCW international union declined to support the local union, the gripping dynamics between family members who crossed picket lines, and the healing that occurred when the film was screened in the town several years later.

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