Charles Abrams
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Abrams, Chairman of the State Commission Against Discrimination, answers question...
View ArticleLeona Baumgartner discusses her trip to Russia.
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Leona Baumgartner discusses her month-long trip in April 1958 to the Soviet Union...
View ArticlePerle Mesta, Jessamyn West, and Sir Pierson Dixon
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Van Doren introduces important guests. Drawing for free books. Introduces Dolbier,...
View ArticleRobert F. Mellow
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Mellow, Director of Civilian Personnel of the US Army Ordinance Missile Command,...
View ArticleMorris West, Mary Ellen Chase, and Noel Coward
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Morris West talks about his career and book "The Devil's Advocate."Mary Ellen...
View ArticleRichard Powell, Walter Slezak, and Arthur Schlesinger
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Richard Powell, author most recently of "I Take this Land," discusses women. He...
View ArticleGenevieve Caulfield
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.From card catalog: Genevieve Caulfield speaks about political and social aspects...
View ArticlePalden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.From card catalog: King and Queen of Sikkim. The King talks about his country -...
View ArticleGeulah Cohen
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.November 11, 1964Geulah Cohen, broadcaster and member of Stern Gang which fought...
View ArticleMarya Mannes, Morris West, Willard Wirtz
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Marya Mannes discusses her book "Will It Sell." She speaks of being a woman and...
View ArticleJune Douglas and Angel Derby
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.From card catalog: June Douglas, spokeswoman for "Angel Derby" flyers (group of...
View ArticleCindy Adams
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.From card catalog: Cindy Adams, author of "Sukarno" speaks on that person; Joey...
View ArticleAbortion: Legal, Medical, and Historical Perspectives
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Moderator Lee GrahamOpens with quote from a New York Times article calling "New...
View ArticleFeminine Mystique or Mistake
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Moderator Lee Graham introduces the topic for discussion. When it comes to women...
View ArticleCarol Laise Bunker
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.November 28, 1967Carol Laise (November 14, 1917 – July 25, 1991) was an American...
View ArticleMargaret F. O'Connell
Margaret O'Connell discusses her book, The Magic Cauldron. She talks about the history of witches, including the Salem witches. She also talks about misogyny and the stereotype of bad witches.Broadcast...
View ArticleTaitz and Henry
Emily Taitz and Sondra Henry discuss the role of women in recorded history and their book, Written Out of History . They each read a favorite selection from the book.WNYC archives id: 73086
View ArticleGirls Who Fly: 1965 Angel Derby Pilots Are Told Sexism Doesn't Exist
This Overseas Press Club conference is a reminder of the unfortunately routine institutionalized gender oppression in American industry. Featuring deft pilots in the Angel Derby, an all-female air race...
View ArticleMarya Mannes Unbuttons Minds
In this 1965 broadcast of a Books and Authors Luncheon, critic Marya Mannes discusses American women, including the work of Helen Gurley Brown, who had recently achieved success with her book Sex and...
View ArticleBeyond "Safe, Legal and Rare"
Taking issue with the idea that abortion rights should gain only qualified support, Katha Pollitt, poet, The Nationmagazine columnist, and author of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Picador, 2014),...
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Listen to a 101-Year-Old Clarion Call for Women's Suffrage Preserved in Shellac
"Do you believe in a democracy? Do you believe taxation without representation is tyranny? Or is it tyranny only for men? Do you want a government of the people, for the people and by the people? And...
View ArticleWhat Women Want (In a Pill for Sex)
If you're a woman, or have had sex with a woman, you might know that female sexuality is not always straightforward. In our latest episode we explore that complexity with a sex researcher, Nicole...
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Why Should Women Be Educated? President Eisenhower 'Mansplains'
Why should women be educated? What sounds like an odd question today was very seriously considered by Dwight D. Eisenhower and other speakers at a luncheon fundraiser for Barnard College, held at the...
View ArticleThe Mystery of P. Campbell
Here at the WNYC Archives, we’re often handed mysteries - two-sided 16-inch slates with utterly unique silent spiral etchings, scans of reticent catalog cards referring back to them, and the nonce...
View ArticleConsumers - New Victories for Women
Dr. Persia Campbell discusses the role of the consumer in economic and social life in the United States, attending to what she feels must occur in the future to ensure a healthy economy as well as the...
View ArticleAmbassador Amerasinghe
The Overseas Press Club presents Seymour N. Siegel, moderating a panel of journalists who interview Ambassador Shirley Amerasinghe, Permanent Representative from Ceylon to the United Nations. The panel...
View ArticleJoan Murray
Commissioner William Booth interviews Joan Murray, moderator of CBS News and author of _The News_.Ms. Murray gives an overview of her work at CBS, where she has had several shows. She gives advice to...
View ArticleThe Marriage Museum
Marty Wayne interviews two Professors at the College of the City of New York, Sociologist Charles Winick and Historian Sidney Ditzion, about the Marriage Museum, which tells the international story of...
View ArticleMiss Williams
Commissioner William Booth interviews Miss Lueretha Williams (neé McGriff), owner of We-Two, Incorporated, which designs and manufactures "designs for the All American little girl." Ms. Williams...
View ArticleInterview with Françoise Parturier, Author of "Open Letter to Men"
Stan David interviews "a lady with an ax to grind," Françoise Parturier, Author of "Open Letter to Men," a book which he describes as "an attack on the male animal." She describes the publication as,...
View ArticleAnne Moody
Commissioner William H. Booth of the New York City Commission on Human Rights interviews Anne Moody, author of _Coming of Age in Mississippi_. The book chronicles Ms. Moody's life from her childhood in...
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First Protests at the Miss America Pageant
Eleanor Fischer produced the above report on September 8, 1968 in the wake of a tumultuous Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the coincident police riot against demonstrators. Fischer...
View ArticleAmbassador V. J. Mwaanga
The Overseas Press Club presents James Pinkney, sitting in for Seymour N. Siegel, moderating a panel of journalists who interview Ambassador Vernon Johnson Mwaanga, Permanent Representative of Zambia...
View ArticleCovering City Hall (hour 2)
Host Jane Tillman Irving discusses City Hall reporting with Gabe Pressman, Andy Logan, Leland Jones, and Jennifer Preston, plus a commentary by Everette Dennis about women in the media.WNYC archives...
View ArticleWho Owns Public Radio? (hour 1); Feminism and the Press (hour 2)
Host Alex S. Jones discusses public radio with Tom Morgan, Tom Thomas, and Jim Ledbetter and feminism and the press with Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Robin Pogrebin, Julianne Malveaux, and Susan Douglas.WNYC...
View ArticleCovering Oklahoma City (hour 1); Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (hour 2)
Host Alex S. Jones discusses media coverage of the Oklahoma City Federal Courthouse bombing with Terri Watkins, Ed Walsh, and Bob Steele and Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses her book Beyond the Double...
View ArticleA Women's Sailing Crew Races Around the World
"Maiden" is a documentary adventure story chronicling the first all-women sailing team to compete in an around-the-world race, defying sexist naysayers. Filmmaker Alex Holmes interviews the key...
View ArticleGena Branscombe
Composer and conductor Gena Branscombe (1881-1977) was a prominent figure in New York City’s musical life from 1910 till her death. Her passion for composing, performing and being a mentor and leader...
View ArticleArchitecture in the Space Age: Frank Lloyd Wright
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1957-uu-uu.This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain...
View ArticleEleanor Roosevelt at the Women's House of Detention
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.March 17, 1957Unidentified woman (a judge?) and male (Arnold Michaelis?) speakers...
View ArticleAnnette Rubinstein Interview-Labor Movement/Suffrage
Interview of 95-year old Annette Rubinstein about the clash between the labor and women’s suffrage movements during her life and changes in New York.WNYC archives id: 87042
View ArticleMukhtar Mai Interview - Sakhi Gala
Interview of Pakistani women’s rights activist Mukhtar Mai through translator Sophia Aslam about abuse of women in Pakistan, her work there, and the western attention to her and her cause. Interview of...
View ArticleMukhtar Mai-Mohammed Ali Naqvi Interview
Interview of Mohammed Ali Naqvi, the filmmaker whose documentary “Shame” is about Pakistani women’s rights activist Mukhtar Mai.WNYC archives id: 87282
View ArticleWomen & Minorities in Construction
Interview of Charles Rangel on the trial of the officers involved in the Ousmane Zongo killing, construction jobs for minorities, Democratic candidates for mayor, a West Side stadium, the Olympics....
View ArticleDiversifying the FDNY
Kathleen Horan interviews Brenda Berkman of United Women Firefighters of New York about having women apply for the firefighter exam. Yvette Clark, Helen Foster, and others hold a press conference...
View ArticleDiscrimination and Women-Owned Businesses
At the Women Builders Council, David Paterson speaks about discrimination against building companies owned by women. Interviews of attendees about discrimination. This recording was made on June 20,...
View ArticleDwight D. Eisenhower on the Significance of the Educated Woman in the...
Recorded at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks on "the significance of the educated woman in the nation's future." This talk was sponsored by friends of Barnard...
View ArticleNew York State Beauty Pageant
On this WNYC Special Report, Host Paul Roman discusses the 17th Annual Miss New York State Beauty Pageant Finals with Producer Hal Blake and Ralph Weisinger, Producer and Director of recording the...
View ArticleWomen's Role in Contemporary America
This recording is a public hearing on Women's Role in Contemporary America. This event was part of a five-day-long session of public hearings held by the City Commission on Human Rights, according to a...
View ArticleDorothy Gallagher
Dorothy Gallagher discusses her 1976 family history Hannah's Daughters: Six Generations of an American Family, 1876-1976 with host Walter James Miller.WNYC archives id: 73015
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