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  • Rosalie Sorrels discusses her career

    Sep. 10, 1982

    Rosalie Sorrels discusses her career, family, and folk music. Includes Rosalie Sorrels reading her mother's writing. The following songs have been removed due to copyright restrictions: "Traveling Lady", "You Can't Go Home Again", "Her Mantle So Green", "If You Love Me", and "The Long Memory". Cal Hans plays the dobro in the background and makes some comments. Includes performance by pianist Daniel Varsano at the end.

  • Nora Ephron

    Nora Ephron discusses feminism and her book "Crazy Salad"

    Jul. 28, 1975

    Nora Ephron discusses the women’s movement and her book, “Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women.” Ephron discusses the influence of writer Dorothy Parker on her work, as well as topics including women’s rights; the exploitation of women in politics, war, and advertising; the many conflicts she faces in her role as a journalist; and traditional and non-traditional gender roles. Includes an excerpt from a previous interview with Dorothy Parker.

  • Meridel Le Sueur discusses her book "Ripening: Selected Work, 1927-1980," published in 1981

    Mar. 30, 1982

    Meridel Le Sueur discusses the publication of her selected works and her life as an activist, fighting for socialist ideals and women's rights. She goes on to discuss the time she spent with Native American Navajo tribes and their theory of nonlinear time.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Max Morath discusses his career and jazz music

    Jun. 18, 1970

    Max Morath discusses his career, jazz music, and history.

  • Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau discusses birth control ; part 2

    Feb. 12, 1965

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, president of the International Planned Parenthood Association, discusses the significance of birth control availability, the link between birth control and population, and India's take on birth control.

  • Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau discusses birth control ; part 1

    Feb. 12, 1965

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, president of the International Planned Parenthood Association, discusses the significance of birth control availability, the link between birth control and population, and India's take on birth control.

  • Judy Collins discusses songwriting, success, and reproductive rights

    1970

    Judy Collins discusses how she began writing her own songs; successes in her career; and the fight for abortion rights.

  • Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and liberation ; part 2

    Mar. 25, 1970

    Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and the struggle for equal rights and liberation, resistance through art, and the fight for free childcare. Discussion continues with criticism on the male gaze and females as sexual objects.

  • Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and liberation ; part 1

    Mar. 25, 1970

    Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and the struggle for equal rights and liberation, Title VII, their support for NOW, the National Organization of Women, as well as the upcoming Women's Strike for Equality.

  •  Susan Catania, Clara Day, and Margaret Klimkowski

    Illinois state representative Susan Catania, Clara Day and Marguerite Klimkowski discuss the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

    Nov. 1, 1978

    Discussing the Equal Rights Amendment with Illinois Representative Susan Catania and political activists Clara Day and Margaret Klimkowski.

  • Gerda Lerner discusses her book "The Creation of Patriarchy"

    Jun. 27, 1986

    Austrian-born American historian, woman's history author and feminist Gerda Lerner focuses on the origins of misogyny in society in her latest book

  • Marlene Dixon, Nancy Stokely, and Janet Tenney

    Dr. Marlene Dixon, Nancy Stokely, and Janet Tenney discuss women's rights; part 2

    Mar. 11, 1969

    Discussing the topic of women and freedom with Marlene Dixon, Nancy Stokely, and Janet Tenney. They discuss feminism, women's rights, and the women's liberation movement. Includes a Elizabeth Knight/Julia Ward Howe song called "Hallelujah".

  • Marlene Dixon, Nancy Stokely, and Janet Tenney

    Dr. Marlene Dixon, Nancy Stokely and Janet Tenney discuss women's rights; part 1

    Mar. 11, 1969

    Discussing women and women's rights with Dr. Marlene, Nancy Stokely, and Janet Tenney. They discuss the women's suffrage movement, gender equality, and women's roles. Includes the women's suffrage song "The New America" by Elizabeth Knight.

  • Doris May Lessing discusses the inspiration behind "The Four-Gated City"

    Jun. 10, 1969

    Doris May Lessing discusses the inspiration behind "The Four-Gated City", her thoughts about science and humanity, and her predictions for the future.

  • Anna Bruehan, Peggy Terry, Lois Arthur, Evie Kramer and Lucy Jefferson talk about the female experience

    1980

    Discussion of the female experience from multiple perspectives. Peggy Terry's interview is played in the interview with Patricia O'Brien, 1965188-3-1.

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