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COLLECTION Identifier: Vt-59

Focus on Women Videotapes, 1983-1993

Overview

Half-hour interviews aired on Focus on Women, a television show featuring women of achievement.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983-1993

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Collection is open for research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright. Copyright in the Focus on Women videotapes held by is held by Florence Rapoport. Upon her death, copyright transfers to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library or whomever]. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.

Copying. Videotapes may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.

Extent

218 videotapes

The collection consists of 438 individual shows, with two shows on each videotape. Dates for most shows were not included in the list provided by the donor, but appear on the screen at the end of each tape; the order in which they are listed is roughly chronological, spanning the years 1983-1996. Some of the interviewees appeared more than once, sometimes after months or years.

Each show consists of a 29-minute interview, unless otherwise indicated. There are two shows on each videotape; all videotapes are 3/4", with sound and color. Descriptions and show numbers were taken, with minor modifications, from a list provided by the donor.

HISTORY

"Focus on Women," a television program featuring women of achievement, was initiated by Florence Rapoport in 1983 and produced by Long Island Cablevision.

Each show consists of a half-hour interview by Rapoport. Prevalent among the women interviewed are writers, psychologists, artists, teachers, scholars, social activists, entrepreneurs, politicians, and health professionals. "Focus on Women" is directed by Shari Schultz, with assistance from Gayle Chokas.

Rapoport, who lives in Great Neck on Long Island, New York, was formerly a screen- and speechwriter, an economic analyst for the federal government, and for more than twenty years a schoolteacher. In 1978 she co-founded WOMANSPACE, a center created to serve the educational, psychological, and social needs of women in the Great Neck area.

Physical Location

Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession numbers: 91-M194--94-M38, 94-M121, 95-M82, 95-M166, 96-M67, 96-M121

These videotapes were given to the Schlesinger Library between November 1991 and September 1996 by Florence Rapoport and Cablevision.

Related Material:

There is related material at the Schlesinger Library; see Focus on Women Additional videotapes, 1996-1999 (Vt-174.).

Name Index

This is an index of all interviewees. Each name is followed by the number of the show(s) to which it corresponds. Names of people who are discussed but do not appear in person are listed in the Subject Index.

  1. Abbott, Shirley 280
  2. Abramowicz, Myriam 166
  3. Abramowitz, Mildred 9
  4. Abramson, Carole 326
  5. Adams, Lauren 262
  6. Agins, Carolyn Carlton 161
  7. Alstadter, Judith 135
  8. Aronstein, Zelda 278
  9. Asher, Karen 416
  10. Attard, Adelaide 63
  11. Bair, Deirdre 265
  12. Balaban, Barbara, 1929- 367
  13. Balderston-Glynn, Ann 351
  14. Banks, Doreen 383
  15. Barasch, Marlene 229
  16. Barnett, Jacalyn F. 61
  17. Barouh, Gail 259
  18. Barstow, Anne Llewellyn 133, 134
  19. Bartelstone, Susan 52
  20. Becker, Jacqueline 419
  21. Beckerman, Barbara 42
  22. Bellucci, Eleanor 304
  23. Bellush, Jewel, 1924- 366
  24. Benson, Marilyn 170
  25. Ben-Yosef Ginor, Tseviyah, 1942- 407, 408
  26. Berfield, Susan 197, 198
  27. Berghout, Carla 379
  28. Bernhard, Willa 43
  29. Bernstein, Elayne 38
  30. Biaggi, Cristina 399, 400
  31. Biederman, Johanna 380
  32. Billops, Camille 339
  33. Birsel, Ayse 430
  34. Bjornebye, Ellen 373
  35. Blanchard, Paula 406
  36. Bletter, Diana 219
  37. Bloom, Amy 349
  38. Bogin, Magda 410
  39. Bolastig, Mia 173
  40. Bongers, Sally 390
  41. Brickman, Sybil 169
  42. Brock, Carol 239
  43. Brooks, Carol 201
  44. Brown, Crystal 371
  45. Bucholtz, Karin 13
  46. Budoff, Penny Wise 75, 76
  47. Bumberg, Roberta 1
  48. Bumiller, Elisabeth 435
  49. Burns, Janice A. 418
  50. Burstein, Karen 127, 128
  51. Cabot, Sandra, 1952- 405
  52. Carlisle, Kitty, 1915- 417
  53. Carlson, Sylvia 22
  54. Carton, Ellen 271
  55. Cates, Aylin Radomisli 372
  56. Chan, Joan 161
  57. Chapman, Madelyn 269
  58. Charlop, Simone 125
  59. Chichura, Diane 80
  60. Clarke, Carol 215
  61. Cleary, Rochelle 235
  62. Cohen, Audrey C. 385
  63. Cohen, Carol 257
  64. Coleman, Barbara 313
  65. Conovitz, Ellen 231
  66. Cook, Blanche Wiesen 301
  67. Cooperperson, Ellen 322
  68. Cort-Van Arsdale, Diana 286
  69. Cosher, Deborah 55, 56
  70. Coyle, Beverly 350
  71. Crawford, Christina 249
  72. Creston, Diane 217, 224
  73. Crile, Susan, 1942- 422
  74. Cross, Amanda, 1926-, See Heilbrun, Carolyn G., 1926-
  75. Cruise, Gail 118
  76. Cuomo, Matilda 151
  77. Dailey, Janet 432
  78. DaSilva, Zenia 294
  79. Daubé, Miriam 254
  80. Davis, Alanna 17
  81. Davis, Alexria 266
  82. DeGregoria, Barbara 145
  83. Didio, Mildred 359, 360
  84. Dolgin, Ellie 394
  85. Doremus, Jeanne 381
  86. Dorfman, Elissa 247
  87. Drangel, Dona 72
  88. Dray, Janine 95, 164
  89. Dresch, Kimberly Hamill 344
  90. Duprey, Anne 224
  91. Ehrenreich, Barbara 23, 24, 241
  92. Eley, Jennifer 309
  93. Ellerin, Betty 44
  94. Elomaa, Ritva-Liisa 156
  95. Feldman, Diana Jeanne 92
  96. Feldman, Julie 197, 198
  97. Feldman, Leslie 87
  98. Feldman, Sylvia 2
  99. Fenton, Lynn 86
  100. Ferraro, Geraldine 253
  101. Finestone, Annette 225
  102. Fish, Bilha 100
  103. Fleshler, Helen 218
  104. Flomenhaft, Eleanor 306
  105. Fluek, Toby Knobel 279
  106. Forlenza, Susan 353
  107. Formanek, Ruth 345
  108. Fortson, Jayne Schiff 248
  109. Foyder, Joan Ellen 183
  110. French, Marilyn 180
  111. Freund, Winifred 314
  112. Furth, Valerie Jakober 109
  113. Gilbert, Mira 414
  114. Gilbert, Julie Goldsmith 420
  115. Gilliam, Angela 73
  116. Gilyard, Gwen 379
  117. Ginor, Zvia, See Ben-Yosef Ginor, Tseviyah, 1942-
  118. Gitlin, Jane 136
  119. Gold, Rozanne 296
  120. Goldstein, Marilyn 222
  121. Gordon, Roz 81
  122. Gornick, Vivian 137, 138
  123. Gotti, Victoria 426
  124. Gottlieb, Alma 90
  125. Gould, Madeline 96
  126. Graf, Jeannette 415
  127. Greenbaum, Beatrice 53
  128. Greenberg, Rosalie "Mickey" 243
  129. Greenberg, Selma 25, 26
  130. Greenfield, Maita 82
  131. Grey, Al 234
  132. Grinker, Lori 219
  133. Gross, Amy 268
  134. Gross, Lillian 227
  135. Grossman, Florence 77
  136. Grumbach, Doris 302
  137. Grunwald, Biruta 369
  138. Guercia, Rose 342
  139. Gundlach, Julie Kettle 107
  140. Gurfein, Vivien 113
  141. Haasis, Judith 252
  142. Hamill, Kimberly 233
  143. Haran, Maryann 201
  144. Harris, Elaine K. 120
  145. Harris, Joan 236
  146. Harris, Monica 175
  147. Harrison, Helen A. 437
  148. Hart, Kitty Carlisle, see Carlisle, Kitty, 1915-
  149. Hart, Mallory Dorn 153
  150. Hayden, Naura 338
  151. Heilbrun, Carolyn G., 1926- 436
  152. Hein, Karen 336
  153. Henry, Sondra 70, 71
  154. Hensel, Margaret 340
  155. Heyman, Suzie 272
  156. Hickey-Hume, Eileen 365
  157. Hirsch, Judith 273
  158. Hobson, Barbara Meil 157, 158
  159. Hofstein, Sadie 387
  160. Holtzman, Elizabeth 282
  161. Hope, Barbara 242
  162. Horowitz, Susan 250
  163. Hott, Jacqueline Rose 105, 106
  164. Hughes, Jane C. 131
  165. Hurwitz, Johanna 160
  166. Huste, Annemarie 284
  167. Isaacs, Susan 355
  168. Jacobs, Berenice 226
  169. Jacobs, Michelle 274, 275
  170. Jahannia, Homa 177
  171. Jastram, Laine 206
  172. Johnson-Page, Sheila 312
  173. Jucuvy, Beth 358
  174. Kafer, Rhoda 54
  175. Kamhi, Ellen 167
  176. Kasof, Anna 404
  177. Katz, Jane 287
  178. Kenigsberg, Abby 189
  179. Kenney, Shirley Strum 98, 99
  180. Kern, Marjorie Brickman 169
  181. Kershaw, Norma 162
  182. Kiai, Noushin 291
  183. King, Eleanor 55, 56
  184. Kingston, Maxine Hong 202
  185. Kiss, Christina 283
  186. Kleinfeld, Hedda 210
  187. Koff, Gail 191, 192
  188. Koka, Juliette 140, 141, 289
  189. Kominsky, Jane 368
  190. Kramer, Sylvia 34
  191. Krim, Mathilde 57, 58, 60
  192. Kuznetsova, Berta 377
  193. Lalli, Cele 341
  194. Lang, Barbara 434
  195. Lang, Dorothy 289
  196. Lanman, Geraldine 185
  197. Lawrence, Marcia S. 168
  198. Lawrence, Suzanne 316
  199. Lazar, Liliane 31, 32
  200. Lazes, Roberta 62
  201. Lea and Dey 39
  202. Leaf, Ruth 343
  203. Lederer, Midori 290
  204. Leeds, Dorothy 174
  205. Leeds, Lilo 48
  206. Lehman, Dana 8
  207. Leiber, Judith 194
  208. Leibowitz, Shawn 361
  209. Lelchuk, Joni 412
  210. Levenson, Rhoda 230
  211. Levin, Phyllis 122
  212. Levine, Sandra 53
  213. Levitan, Katherine 10
  214. Lew, Irvina 141
  215. Lewin, Susan Grant 393
  216. Lewis, Harriet 139
  217. Lewis, Judith 49
  218. Lewis, Lisa 434
  219. Lieber, Phyllis 13, 389
  220. Lim, Ok-Ja 382
  221. Lindenauer, Shelley 293
  222. Lippet, Naomi Hartman 171, 172
  223. Lipton, Eunice 348
  224. Liss-Levinson, Nechama 146
  225. Littlemoon, Walter 46
  226. Litwack, Georgia 317, 318
  227. Lochmandy, Paula 392
  228. London, Roberta 21
  229. Mackirney, Marian 371
  230. Malbin, Elaine 59, 163
  231. Manes, Marlene 111
  232. Marino, Ellen 214
  233. Markinson, Arlene 121
  234. Marlan, Susan 212
  235. Marsten, Barbara 305
  236. Martin, Alice 186
  237. Masters, Doris 15
  238. Matchton, Nancy 93
  239. Mauala, Robin 110
  240. Mayer, Jessica 427
  241. McCallum, Taffy Gould 264
  242. McCarthy, Carolyn 409
  243. McCormick, Lillian 124
  244. McDermott, Alice 237
  245. McFadden, Mary 281
  246. McGehee, Sharon 94
  247. McKey, Gerry 40
  248. McMillion, Doris 97
  249. McWilliams, Mary 190
  250. Melkonian, Margaret 256
  251. Meyer, Ora 51
  252. Meyland, Sarah 329
  253. Millett, Kate 438
  254. Morgan, Robin 12, 14
  255. Moroney, Phyllis K. 277
  256. Morse, Joanne 424
  257. Most, Marge 119
  258. Murphy, Gloria S. 389
  259. Nakamura, Kaoru 204
  260. Nedlin, Radie 148
  261. Needelman, Lynn 311
  262. Nehmer, Sherry 242
  263. Nemerowicz, Gloria Morris 428
  264. Nemo, Ruth 300
  265. Newburger, May W. 19, 20, 108
  266. Newman, Phyllis 286
  267. Newton, Dolores 30
  268. Nichols, Eunice 8
  269. November, Josephine 188
  270. Olds, Sally Wendkos 433
  271. Orna, Mary Virginia 221
  272. Orville, Susan 352
  273. Papanicolaou, Lilika S. 1923- 397, 398
  274. Parker, Susan 295
  275. Paster, Mary Rose 258
  276. Patton, Barbara 325
  277. Pekmezaris, Renee 310
  278. Penn, Sheila 375
  279. Perutz, Kathrin 27, 28
  280. Peters, Roberta 132, 319, 320
  281. Peterson, Patricia 67
  282. Petrovsky, Mira 331, 332
  283. Pogrebin, Letty Cottin 165
  284. Polisar, Ricki 45
  285. Pollitt, Katha 384
  286. Posner, Judith 298
  287. Posner, Ruth 175
  288. Prakashmani, Dadi 425
  289. Procton, Pat 123
  290. Puhn, Laurie 395
  291. Quindlen, Anna 276
  292. Rahmani, Judith 380
  293. Ramage, Nancy 292
  294. Rathbone, Dounia 240
  295. Redgrave, Lynn 74
  296. Reichman, Rosalie 195, 196
  297. Reiser, Betty 205
  298. Rice, Paula Delong 376
  299. Rietti, Susan Strausman 200
  300. Robbins, Jana 299
  301. Robbins, Joan Hamerman 251
  302. Roberts, Lois 176
  303. Rocca, Ella 413
  304. Rogatz, Marge 263
  305. Romaine, Shirley 347
  306. Rosenberg, Saralee 232
  307. Rosencrans, Sandra 238
  308. Rosenfield, Frances 255
  309. Roth, Gladys T. 244
  310. Russell, Stella Pandell 346
  311. Saltzman, Joan 102
  312. Sanborne, Lynn 217
  313. Sanders, Jo 129
  314. Sarah, Barbara 11
  315. Scanlon, Frances 391
  316. Schechter, Doris 5
  317. Schiff, Vivian 50
  318. Schlein, Betty 324
  319. Schneider, Susan Weidman 65, 66
  320. Schuster, Maram 18
  321. Schwartz, Constance 267
  322. Schwartz, Daylle Deanna 374
  323. Schweber, Ellen 361
  324. Sculli, Joan 335
  325. Segal, Jeanne 149, 150
  326. Seider, Paula S. 126
  327. Shakeshaft, Charol 333, 334
  328. Sharf, Paula 181
  329. Shefloff, Bertha 85
  330. Shih, Patricia 246
  331. Shinnah, Oh 431
  332. Shumsky, Adaia 47
  333. Sidon, Weslea 154
  334. Siegel, Karen 260
  335. Siegel, Marta 16
  336. Siegel, Mary Ellen 184
  337. Silverman, Betsy 37
  338. Silverman, David J. 288
  339. Singerman, Barbara 228
  340. Slater, Phyllis Hill 223
  341. Smith, Barbara 207
  342. Snitow, Virginia 270
  343. Soladar, Ailene 303
  344. Soladar, Rosalie 234
  345. Spanier, Muriel 112, 114
  346. Spear, Ruth 297
  347. Speciner, Claire 323
  348. Spector, Shirley 33
  349. Spencer, Duffy 187
  350. Steinberg, Bonnie 307
  351. Steinem, Gloria 35, 36, 388
  352. Stempa, Millie 3, 4
  353. Stevens, Thelma 80
  354. Stiles, Diane 269
  355. Studley, Helen 378
  356. Sunshine, Tina 182
  357. Swerdlow, Amy 363, 364
  358. Swirsky, Joan 78, 216
  359. Sylva, Livia 411
  360. Szold, Barbara 83, 84
  361. Taitz, Emily 70, 71, 396
  362. Talisman, Eleanor 69
  363. Telsey, Ronna 178
  364. Thomas, Barbara S. 179
  365. Tong, Kaity 321
  366. Traum, Sara 143
  367. Trump, Ivana 357
  368. Tschinkel, Anne 115
  369. Udow, Roz 41
  370. Underhill, Lois Beachy, 1935- 423
  371. Upbin, Shari 354
  372. Van Hasselt, Gill 429
  373. Varga, Gretchen 330
  374. Vetrone, Karen 144
  375. Vines, Harriet 29
  376. Virshup, Mickey 68
  377. Vogel, Muriel 209
  378. Volk, Patricia 193
  379. Volokh, Anne 220
  380. Von Arbin, Gunilla 370
  381. Vrachopoulos, Thalia 101
  382. Wald, Rhoada 89, 91
  383. Walerstein, Lolly 218
  384. Wallace, Trudy 403
  385. Ward, E. Jean 401
  386. Waxman, Ruth 147
  387. Weich, Cecile C. 159
  388. Weinberg, Claire I. 261
  389. Weiner, Pat 7
  390. Weinstein, Evelyn 8, 45, 245
  391. Weintraub, Sally 79
  392. Weiss, Cora 103, 104
  393. Wesman, Jane 421
  394. Wheelock, Martha 6
  395. Whiting, Audrey Randall 203
  396. Wilks, Ruth 356
  397. Wilson, Suzie 293
  398. Wing, Avra 308
  399. Winkler, Susan 130
  400. Wolf, Diane 213
  401. Wolf, Jacqueline 300
  402. Wolitzer, Hilma 208
  403. Yalow, Rosalyn S. 285
  404. Young, Neda 337
  405. Zakarian, Beverly 315
  406. Zaki, Soheir 402
  407. Zand, Charlotte 369
  408. Zarin, Renee 64
  409. Zimberoff, Diane 211
  410. Zinn, Louisiana 386
  411. Zitrin, Charlotte Marker 199
  412. Zuckerman, Connie 185

Subject Index

The following list represents persons, organizations, and topics documented in this collection. (For interviewees, see the Name Index above.) Each subject is followed by the number of the show to which it corresponds. Subject headings that apply to all or most of the shows, such as "Women in the professions," "Women--Employment," and "Women--Social conditions," are not included in this index.

  1. Abused women--United States 404
  2. Actors--United States see Actresses
  3. Actresses--United States 74, 140, 142, 233, 266, 269, 299, 344, 347
  4. Afro--American girls--United States 379
  5. Afro-American women--United States 73, 118, 350
  6. Aged women--United States 45, 63, 85, 188, 245
  7. AIDS (Disease)--Patients--United States 418
  8. AIDS (Disease)--United States 16, 57, 58, 60, 336
  9. Artists--United States, see Women artists--United States
  10. Artists--United States, see Women artists
  11. Arts administrators--United States 80, 213, 214, 242, 267, 303, 306, 354, 416, 417
  12. Athletes--United States see Women athletes
  13. Authors, American, see Women authors, American
  14. Authors, Greek (Modern), see Women authors, Greek
  15. Bankers--United States, see Women bankers--United States
  16. Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908- 31, 32
  17. Body image 424
  18. Breast--Cancer--United States 367, 381
  19. Businesswomen 370, 374, 376, 431
  20. Cerebral palsied--United States 427
  21. Childbirth 429
  22. Cinematographers--Australia 390
  23. Civic leaders--United States 41, 51, 63, 73, 108, 115, 124, 125, 151, 176, 181, 186, 189, 203, 216, 218, 224, 243, 256, 259, 270, 311, 312, 314, 325, 326
  24. College presidents--United States, see Women college presidents--United States
  25. Consultants--United States see Women consultants
  26. Cooks--United States, see Women cooks--United States
  27. Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977 249
  28. Cuomo, Mario Matthew 151
  29. Dancers--United States 358, 368
  30. Deans of women 105, 106
  31. Death 40, 130
  32. Designers--United States, see Women designers--United States
  33. Diplomats' spouses 370, 373
  34. Diplomats--Egypt, see Women diplomats--Egypt
  35. Divorce--United States 61, 81, 159
  36. Editors--United States see Women editors
  37. Educators, see Women educators
  38. Educators--United States, see Women educators
  39. Entertainers--United States, see Women entertainers--United States
  40. Executives--United States, see Women executives
  41. Executives--United States, see Women executives--United States
  42. Facelift 392
  43. Family--United States 2, 59, 96, 141, 146, 163, 183, 243, 260
  44. Fashion--United States 17, 39, 95, 164, 210, 228, 257, 277, 281, 291, 357
  45. Feminism--United States 6, 8, 12, 14, 34, 35, 36, 52, 79, 87, 89, 91, 116, 117, 119, 126, 127, 128, 129, 145, 154, 157, 158, 166, 176, 180, 183, 190, 197, 198, 206, 209, 241, 244, 246, 270, 313, 324, 346, 354, 359, 360, 384, 388, 391, 399, 400, 406, 436, 438
  46. Gifted girls--New York (State)--Long Island 395
  47. Goddess religion 399, 400
  48. Handicapped--United States 375, 380, 427
  49. Healers--United States, see Women healers
  50. Healers--United States, see Women healers--United States
  51. Health reformers--United States 50, 53, 57, 58, 74, 75, 76, 151, 175, 186, 271, 278, 293, 315, 367, 375, 380, 381, 426, 427
  52. Health services administrators 45, 53, 185, 201, 245, 310, 342, 353, 380
  53. Historians--United States, see Women historians
  54. Historians--United States, see Women historians--United States
  55. Holocaust survivors--United States 109, 279, 300
  56. Horsemen and horsewomen--United States 434
  57. Industrial designers--United States 305
  58. Intercultural communication--United States 85, 110, 152, 155, 156, 204, 225, 254, 270, 290
  59. Jewish women--United States 65, 66, 109, 147, 219, 254, 279, 300
  60. Journalists--United States, see Women journalists
  61. Journalists--United States, see Women journalists--United States
  62. Judges--United States see Women judges
  63. Lawyers--United States, see Women lawyers
  64. Lawyers--United States, see Women lawyers--United States
  65. Legislators--United States see Women legislators
  66. Mamonova, Tatyana 359, 360
  67. Marriage--United States 61, 159
  68. Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1902 204
  69. Mothers--United States 96, 107, 169, 412
  70. Mothers and daughters--United States 107, 169
  71. Motion picture producers and directors--United States see Women motion picture producers and directors
  72. Musicians--United States, see Women musicians
  73. Musicians--United States, see Women musicians--United States
  74. National Abortion Rights Action League 271
  75. New York (N.Y.)--Officials and employees 411
  76. Nurses--United States 22, 78, 105, 106, 171, 172, 201, 216, 392
  77. Oglala women--United States 46
  78. Onassis, Jaqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 284
  79. Outdoor recreation for women--United States 121, 139
  80. Persian Gulf War, 1991--Art and the war 422
  81. Photographers--United States see Women photographers
  82. Physicians, see Women physicians
  83. Physicians--United States, see Women physicians
  84. Poets, American see Women poets, American
  85. Policewomen--New York (State) 42, 67
  86. Political activists--United States, see Women political activists--United States
  87. Psychiatrists--United States see Women psychiatrists
  88. Psychologists--United States see Women psychologists
  89. Psychics--United States 386
  90. Psychotherapists--United States, see Women psychotherapists--United States
  91. Publishers--United States see Women publishers
  92. Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967 240
  93. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 301
  94. Scientists--United States see Women scientists
  95. Sexism--United States 55, 56, 67, 241, 247, 322, 333, 334
  96. Singers--United States see Women singers
  97. Social scientists--United States see Women social scientists
  98. Social workers--United States, see Women social workers
  99. Social workers--United States, see Women social workers--United States
  100. Sociologists--United States 157, 158, 187
  101. Spiritual life 425
  102. Television producers and directors--United States see Women television producers and directors
  103. United States--Armed Forces--Women 372
  104. Vocational guidance--United States 371
  105. Vocational guidance for women--United States 29, 221, 326
  106. Voluntary health agencies--United States 50, 53, 57, 58, 60, 175, 218, 293, 315, 316
  107. Volunteers in social service--United States see Women volunteers in social service
  108. War victims, Bosnia and Hercegovina 337
  109. Weddings--United States 341
  110. Women--Crimes against 42, 67, 203, 206, 335
  111. Women--Education (Higher)--United States 38, 111
  112. Women--Health and hygiene--Australia 405
  113. Women--Health and hygiene--United States 50, 62, 75, 76, 82, 86, 123, 171, 172, 177, 183, 205, 212, 216, 243, 252, 268, 271, 272, 297, 304, 342, 367, 381, 415, 426, 433
  114. Women--Intellectual life 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 32, 70, 71, 73, 87, 89, 90, 91, 101, 125, 133, 134, 143, 147, 157, 158, 162, 169, 180, 187, 197, 198, 235, 241, 292, 294, 301, 302, 331, 332, 346, 399, 400, 407, 408, 410, 436, 438
  115. Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States 10, 44, 61, 79, 126, 159, 191, 192, 247
  116. Women--Mental health--United States 1, 2, 4, 13, 18, 43, 130, 141, 145, 146, 195, 196, 205, 211, 212, 228, 251, 258, 260, 274, 286, 326, 352, 356, 387, 389
  117. Women--Sexual behavior 338
  118. Women--South Africa 264
  119. Women and peace--United States 103, 104, 204, 235, 256
  120. Women and religion 399, 400, 425
  121. Women and religion--United States 49, 143, 147, 307
  122. Women and the military 113, 116, 117, 190, 273, 337
  123. Women art collectors 361, 416
  124. Women artists--United States
  125. Women artists--United States 50, 109, 219, 233, 262, 267, 279, 298, 313, 317, 318, 343, 344, 346, 365, 377, 394, 422, 437, 438
  126. Women athletes--United States 82, 121, 139, 287
  127. Women authors, American 12, 14, 16, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 65, 66, 70, 71, 83, 84, 85, 94, 107, 112, 114, 137, 138, 141, 153, 157, 158, 160, 165, 168, 174, 180, 182, 184, 187, 193, 195, 196, 202, 208, 211, 219, 232, 237, 238, 241, 249, 250, 251, 264, 265, 268, 274, 275, 276, 280, 284, 286, 287, 297, 300, 301, 302, 308, 317, 318, 333, 334, 338, 340, 343, 345, 348, 349, 350, 355, 357, 363, 364, 378, 384, 388, 389, 392, 393, 396, 399, 400, 404, 406, 410, 420, 421, 423, 424, 426, 428, 432, 433, 435, 436, 438
  128. Women authors, Greek 397, 398
  129. Women bankers 370
  130. Women college presidents--United States 428
  131. Women consultants--United States 21, 69, 80, 144, 168, 209, 236, 322, 324, 329, 401
  132. Women cooks--United States 378, 413
  133. Women designers--United States 393, 430
  134. Women diplomats--Egypt 402
  135. Women editors--United States 7, 12, 14, 35, 36, 65, 66, 81, 120, 165, 268, 341, 359, 360
  136. Women educators 363, 364, 366, 368, 369, 374, 385, 396, 407, 408, 410, 412, 414, 421, 428, 429, 434, 436
  137. Women educators--United States 6, 9, 11, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 41, 47, 69, 77, 89, 91, 98, 99, 133, 134, 147, 161, 168, 182, 190, 215, 221, 238, 292, 294, 297, 301, 323, 333, 334, 345, 348
  138. Women entertainers--United States 417
  139. Women executives--United States 48, 54, 173, 200, 223, 217, 224, 230, 247, 295, 374, 376, 378, 421, 428, 437
  140. Women government executives--United States 131, 179, 231, 255
  141. Women healers--United States 55, 56, 122, 143, 167, 169, 170, 307, 386
  142. Women historians--United States 70, 71, 73, 87, 133, 134, 157, 158, 180, 229, 301, 348, 363, 364, 366, 396, 437
  143. Women in business--United States 3, 5, 37, 48, 54, 82, 95, 101, 131, 164, 173, 194, 200, 207, 217, 220, 223, 224, 226, 230, 236, 247, 249, 295, 357
  144. Women in community organization--United States 8, 34, 35, 36, 41, 50, 53, 75, 76, 86, 92, 102, 103, 104, 108, 115, 125, 129, 151, 175, 176, 181, 189, 203, 204, 217, 225, 243, 244, 252, 256, 259, 263, 271, 290, 293, 311, 312, 314, 315, 326, 335, 336, 366, 375, 380, 383, 388, 412, 426, 431
  145. Women in education--United States 41
  146. Women in politics--Soviet Union 331, 332
  147. Women in politics--United States 19, 20, 108, 111, 127, 128, 231, 253, 282, 383, 409
  148. Women in the food industry--United States 3, 4, 5, 207, 239, 240, 284, 296, 297
  149. Women journalists--United States 7, 78, 97, 137, 138, 154, 193, 216, 222, 276, 317, 318, 321, 384, 435
  150. Women judges--New York 44, 127, 128, 261
  151. Women lawyers--United States 9, 10, 16, 61, 79, 126, 159, 185, 191, 192, 330, 359, 360, 391
  152. Women legislators--United States 19, 20, 108, 127, 128, 253, 282
  153. Women motion picture producers and directors--United States 6, 21, 166, 197, 198, 339
  154. Women musicians--United States 59, 72, 92, 93, 132, 135, 140, 142, 163, 233, 234, 246, 266, 283, 289, 299, 309, 319, 320, 369, 373, 374, 382, 403, 414
  155. Women-owned business enterprises--United States 3, 5, 54, 82, 95, 101, 136, 164, 194, 207, 223, 295, 376, 378, 421, 430
  156. Women photographers--United States 148, 178, 219, 233, 317, 318, 340, 344
  157. Women physicians 372, 405, 415, 429
  158. Women physicians--United States 96, 100, 248, 304
  159. Women poets, American 6, 77, 154, 419
  160. Women political activists--United States 34, 35, 36, 41, 52, 73, 78, 92, 102, 103, 104, 108, 125, 127, 128, 129, 151, 165, 176, 181, 183, 186, 203, 204, 206, 216, 225, 235, 256, 259, 263, 270, 271, 307, 311, 313, 314, 322, 324, 325, 326, 383, 388, 409
  161. Women psychiatrists--United States 199, 227
  162. Women psychologists--United States 2, 18, 47, 150, 195, 196, 211, 258, 260, 286, 345
  163. Women psychotherapists--United States 1, 33, 40, 43, 68, 130, 145, 149, 150, 167, 184, 216, 251, 323, 345, 349, 389, 419
  164. Women publishers--United States 136, 170
  165. Women scientists--United States 16, 57, 58, 60, 149, 150, 221, 285, 291
  166. Women singers--United States 59, 72, 92, 93, 132, 140, 142, 163, 233, 246, 266, 289, 299, 319, 320, 356
  167. Women social scientists--United States 30, 90, 162, 187, 197, 198
  168. Women social workers--United States 161, 323, 371, 387
  169. Women television producers and directors--United States 351
  170. Women volunteers in social service 188, 243, 273
  171. Women's studies--United States 15, 87, 134, 157, 158, 241

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Processed: October 1994, August 1997

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Title
Focus on Women Videotapes, 1983-1993: A Finding Aid
Author
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Language of description
eng
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sch00580

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