Identifier:

Series 1

Dates:

Inclusive 1944-1994, bulk Bulk 1963-1982,

Extent:

652 Reels

Scope and content:

KPFA was the first of the five Pacifica stations established by the Pacifica Radio Foundation, and began broadcasting from Berkeley, California in 1949. This series contains recordings broadcast on KPFA between the years 1963 and 1982 related to women and the Women’s Movement. One highlight of this series is the “Consciousness Raising” series, produced by Jan Legnitto (BC1087.01-.04). The series was broadcast on KPFA approximately every other Wednesday at 12:30PM between June 21 and October 18, 1972, and was introduced in the June 1972 KPFA folio: "We're starting an important new series with on-the-air Consciousness-Raising (“CR”)...CR groups are central to the Women's Movement, but many women are unable to join because of isolation of one sort or another. We hope to partially overcome this by broadcasting a CR group, and then establishing a dialogue through listener call-ins. This way, women at home can share in the experience, and, hopefully, the benefits." The folio gives further background on CR groups and why they work (see folio here: https://archive.org/stream/kpfafoliojun72paci#page/10/mode/2up).

KPFA featured several series centered on women and women’s issues, including: “The American Women” (1958-1959), “Women” produced by Kay Lindsey (1968-1969), “Focus on Women Composers” (1976-1977), “The Majority Report” (1982-1987?), and a number of recordings produced by the “Unlearning to Not Speak Collective,” a group of feminist broadcasters at KPFA (1973-1975).

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