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Rita Mae Brown at the Woman's Building

Description

Writer and activist Rita Mae Brown (1944-) delivers a speech at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles on July 4, 1976. Brown talks about the way both men and women suffer under the patriarchy through pornographic violence and nostalgia in the mass media. She tells the audience that "you've got to become an actor, not a reactor" and that the Equal Rights Amendment is a "worn-out issue" meant to distract from more pressing issues. Brown also calls for the feminist movement to establish a public policy regarding violence. The author takes audience questions and also reads several poems (both her own and others') and a lengthy excerpt from her novel <i>In Her Day</i>. Recorded by Annette Hunt.

Details

Title

Rita Mae Brown at the Woman's Building

Creator

Hunt, Annette. producer.

Brown, Rita Mae. speaker.

Creator

Pacifica Radio Archive.

KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.).

Published

Los Angeles :, Pacifica Radio Archives,, 1976.

Extent

1 online resource.

Repository

Pacifica Radio Archives.

Reproduction Note

Electronic reproduction.

Grant Information

Sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project.

Usage Statement

RESTRICTED.

Tracks

PRA_NHPRC1_KZ1213_00_000_00.mp3 01:22:29

Linked Resources

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