"HER STORY: Ain't I A Woman"

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Where The Credit's Due - 2001
Theme Song
"Ain't I A Woman," adapted from a speech made by Sojourner Truth at a Woman's Suffrage Convention in Akron, Ohio, 1851.
Anne Feeney, "Ain't I A Woman," LOOK TO THE LEFT, 202 Dewey Street, Pittsburg, PA 15218-1410. www.annefeeney.com. 412-241-SONG. For more info, 1-800-497-FOLK or www.laborheritage.org.
Lucy, the Bones
Presented by: Kristina Somma
Sources: Jane Hirschfield, editor, "WOMEN IN PRAISE OF THE SACRED" New York: Harper Collins, 1994, pp 11-14.
Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edy, "LUCY, THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMANKIND," Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981.
Music: Kudsi Erguner, "Ulvi," PASSION SOURCES, Virgin Records America, Inc.- Real World Records LTD, manufactured and marketed by Caroline Records, Inc. 114 W. 26th St., NY, NY 10001.
Jane Goodall
Presented by: Kristina Somma
Sources: Jane Goodall, REASON FOR HOPE, Warner Books, New York, 1999, pp 79-81
Music: SOUND OF ANIMALS, GENERAL, AND BACKGROUND MUSIC, Nesak Intl. 460 Ridgevale Ave., E. Hanover, NJ 07936.
Queen of Sheba
Presented by: Kristina Somma
Music: Mickey Hart, Airo and Flora Purim, "dafos" AROUND THE WORLD (FOR A SONG). 360 Degree Productions, manufactured and marketed by Rykodisc, Pickering Wharf, Bldg C, Salem, MA 09170.
Mary Magdelene
Presented by: Tienya
Music: Joules Graves, A SACRED TANTRUM, Rabble Rouser Records, 360- 671-1184, www.joulesgraves.com.
Angela Davis
Presented & edited by: Heidi Starr
Music: John Coltrane
Fannie Lou Hamer
Presented & edited by: Heidi Starr
Sound: Claude Marks, The Freedom Archives, 522 Valencia Steet, San Francisco, CA 64110415-863-9977, claude@freedom archives.org
Georgia O'Keefe
Presented by: Chris Irving
Music: Alice Gomez, "Evening Stars" WEAVING THE STRANDS, MUSIC BY CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, Red Feather Music, 637 South Broadway B131, Boulder, www.fourwinds-trading.com.CO 80303-3474, 1-800-494-8984.
Dolores Huerta
Presented by: Rosa Lopez
Sources: Laura Saponara, The Women's Building, San Francisco, CA, and Helene Rosenbluth, HMR Duplications, 18 Gregory Place, Oakland, CA 94619, wati@igc.apc.org, 510-482-8732.
Music: Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalepeno Band, "Las Revolucionarias," MOVIMIENTO MUSIC, Jaguar Records, Flying Fish Records. P. O. Box 410023, San Francisco, CA 94141-0023, 415-282-5689.
Judi Bari
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: Speech at Headwaters Rally, Carlotta, California, September 1996, recorded by Joan Buffington, in WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI?
Music: Darryl Cherney,"Who Bombed Judi Bari? " in WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI? Environmentally Sound Productions, Redway California, 707-943-4949, ensopro@asis.com
Julia Butterfly Hill
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: interview with Joan Buffington in the tree called Luna, July 1999, CD JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL , LIVE FROM LUNA, DAY 575, recorded and edited by Dan Scanlan, dscanlan@oro.net, 530-477-7393.
Music: Kary Wallace,"Julia Butterfly Hill, Are You Up There Still?" from JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL, ARE YOU UP THERE STILL?, written by K. Wallace and Juli Palmer, P.O. Box 335, Arcata, CA 95518, www.wcbspawner.com/users/treehugger, 707-499-0568.
Sojourner Truth
Presented by: Chris Irving
Music: Sweet Honey in the Rock, "Sojourner's Battle Hymn," STILL ON THE JOURNEY, Earth Beat Records P.O. Box 1460, Redway CA 95560 USA.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: Free Burma Coalition , www.freeburma.org.
Music: Takashi Hirayasu and Bob Brozman, "Taketomi Sunset," JIN JIN/FIREFLY, Riverboat Records, Respect Records, Tokyo licensed by World Network 2000, Great Britain.
Maria Montessori
Presented by: Roo Cantada
Music: Senza Parla, "Nuova Compagnia di Canto Populare" ITALIAN MUSICAL ODYSSEY, Putomayo World Music, 1-888-PUTAMAYO (1-888-788-8629).
Mother Jones
Presented by: U. Utah Phillips
Music: U. Utah Phillips, "Mother Jones," from Rosalee Sorrells and U. Utah Phillips, "THE LONG MEMORY," Red House Records, P.O. Box 4044, St. Paul, Minn. 55104. 1-800-695-4887
Emily Dickinson
Presented by: Jane Morrison
Music: John Bayless, "Son andanti?", THE PUCCINI ALBUM, Angel Records, USA.
Melissa's Grandmother
Presented by: Melissa Thomas
Music: Jay Unger and Molly Mason, " Prarie Spring," HARVEST HOME, Angel Records, 304 Park Ave. South, NY, NY 10010, www.jayandmolly.com, 1-800-292-0905.
Hillbilly Women
Presented by: Melissa Thomas
Sources: Kathy Kahn, HILLBILLY WOMEN, Doubleday & Co., 1973.
Music: Jay Unger and Molly Mason, "Thanksgiving Waltz," HARVEST HOME, Angel Records, 304 Park Ave. South, NY, NY 10010, www.jayandmolly.com. 1-800-292-0905.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Presented by: Sheila O'Connor
Music: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, "It Had to Be You," WRAPPIN' IT UP: THE HARRY JAMES YEARS, PART 2, Bluebird, RCA, manufactured and distributed by BMC Music, NY, NY.
Winona LaDuke
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: Interviews by Joan Buffington, KVMR, and Jill Hopke and Becka Manski, WORT, Madison, Wisconsin, November 2000.
Music: Nalini, "Seventh Generation," from SING WE SING, compiled by Dan Scanlan. Available at dscanlan@oro.net. Nalini, lasiewiczN@aol.com, 323-668-1811.
Georgia Wetlin-Larsen, "Ojibway Love Song," HEARTBEAT, VOICES OF FIRST NATIONS WOMEN, Smithsonian Folkways, Office of Folklife Programs, 955 L'Enfant Plaza, Suite 2600, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.
Ellen Sargent
Presented by: Joanne Chartier
Sources: Joanne Chartier, WITH GREAT HOPE, WOMEN OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, Falcon Publishing, www.falcon.com.
Music: Christian Kiefer, "Frontier 3" WELCOME TO HARD TIMES, Extreme, P.O. Box 147, Preston 3072 Victoria, Australia. Contact: 916-300-7304.
 
Where The Credit's Due - 2002
Melissa’s Mothers
Presented by: Melissa Thomas
Music: Original music by Bodhi Busick
Barbara Weidner
Presented by: Diana Cereza
Sources: Peg McIntire, "Barbara Weidner - A Tribute," Barbara Weidner, "Raisa: Personal Reflections on an Uncommon Friendship," and Barbara Weidner, "From the Director’s Desk," Grandmothers For Peace International Newsletter, www.grandmothersforpeace.org.
Music: Martin Simpson, "I’ll Fly Away," A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE, Gourd Music, Box 585 Felton, CA 95018, 1994. Music for Little People Kids Choir, "Peace Is the World Smiling," PEACE IS THE WORLD SMILING, Music for Little People, Box 1954, Redway, CA 95560.
Hildegard of Bingen
Presented by: Katherine Smith
Sources: "Hildegard von Bingen, Lieder," after the manuscripts edited by Pudentiana Barth OSB, M. Imaculata Ritscher OSB and Joseph Schmidt- Gorg, 1969.
Music: Sequentia, "O Noblissima Viriditas," CANTICLES OF ECSTASY, BMG music, 1994.
Arundhati Roy
Presented by: Arly Helm
Sources:
Interview by Dennis Bernstein, KPFA, Berkeley, CA, October, 2001. "War is Peace," by Arundhati Roy, originally published as "Brutality Smeared in Peanut Butter," 2001, www.theprogressive.org/intv0401.html.
Music: Steve Gorn, LUMINOUS RAGAS, Interworld Music Associates, RD3 Box 395A, Brattleboro, VT 05301.
Rachel Carson
Presented by: Kristina Somma
Sources:
Rachel Carson, THE SEA AROUND US, Oxford University Press, New York, 1951.
Rachel Carson, THE EDFE OF THE SEA, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1955.
Rachel Carson, SILENT SPRING, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1962.
Marty Jezer, RACHEL CARSON, Chelsea House Publishers, New York, 1988.
Music: Peter Kater, "Compassion," Earthsea Healing Series, Earthsea Records, Box 1109, Warrenton, VA 20188, BMI, 1998. www.earthsearecords.com. 1-888-48-EARTH RELAX WITH...OCEAN’S RELAXING SURF, PILZ Music, Inc. Box 22, Concordville, PA 19331.
Lucille Ball
Presented by: Dawn Fischer
Sources: Intro, "My Favorite Husband," 5-28-50, THE BEST OF OLD TIME RADIO, starring Lucille Ball, Smithsonian Legendary Performers, Radio Spirits, Inc. 2000.
Music: "I Love Lucy," cat 2302, CBS, Inc. 1989. Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra, RCA, BMG Entertainment, 1996.
Medea Benjamin
Presented by: Daisy Eisenberg
Sources: Interview February 2, 2002.
Medea Benjamin, I, SENATOR, Green Press, 2000, www.greens.org/california, www.globalexchange.org.
Music: Martin Simpson, "For Jessica, Sad or High Kicking, My Dearest Dear," THE COLLECTION, Topic Records Ltd., 50 Stroud Green Road, London N4, 3EF,1992.
Mary Halleck Foote
Presented by: Sands Hall
Sources: Mary Halleck Foote, A VICTORIAN GENTLEWOMAN IN THE FAR WEST: THE REMINISCENSES OF MARY HALLECK FOOTE, Huntington Library Press, 1972.
Music: Mendelssohn, "Opus 30, No. 1 in E Flat, SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, Phillips Classics Productions, 1993.
CC’s Grandmother
Presented by: CC Love
Sources: Interviews January 2002.
Music: "Stormy Weather"
Rainy Blue Cloud Greensfelder
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: Interview October 2001
Music: Dead Kennedys, "California Uber Alles,"GIVE ME CONVENIENCE OR GIVE ME DEATH, Manifesto Record, Inc, www.manifest.com, Decay Records, P.O. Box 11399, Oakland, CA 94611. Joanne Shennandoah, "Kanekotsky’:tha?"WEAVING THE STRANDS, Red Feather Music, 637 S. Broadway B131, Boulder, CO 80303-3474. Phone: 800-494-8084.
Anna Marie Carter, The Seed Lady
Presented by: CC Love
Sources: Interview January 2002.
Music: Tracy Chapman, "Dreaming of a World," MATTERS OF THE HEART, Electra Entertainment of Warner Communication, Inc., 1992.
Anne Feeney
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: Interview September 2001.
Music:
Anne Feeney, LOOK TO THE LEFT and HEARTLAND, Super 88 Records, P. O. Box 91111, Nashville, TN 37209.
Mary Katherine Greer
Presented by: Dawa Mae Fitzmaurice
Sources: Interview January 2002.
Music: Enya, "Storms in Africa," "The Longships," WATERMARK, Reprise Records, WEA Rccords, 1988.
Eva Camerena
Presented by: Joan Buffington
Sources: Interview October 2001.
Music: Inti-illimani, PALIMPSESTO, Redwood Records, 6400 Hollis, Suite 8, Emeeryville, CA 94608.
Dorothea Lange
Presented by: Kristina Somma
Sources:
Anne Tucker, editor, THE WOMAN’S EYE, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1973.
Dorothea Lange, photographs, Robert Coles essay, "Dorothea Lange," Aperture Foundation, Inc., 11982.
Music: Mike Anderson, "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," ICE OUT, Music Works, P. O. Box 35, Jacksonsville, IL 62651, 1998. Thanks to Don Jacobson.
Sappho
Presented by: Kathryn Smith
Sources:
Carol Cosman, editor, Mary Barnard, translator, PENGUIN BOOK OF POETS, Penguin Books, 1980.
Jane Hirschfield, editor, Diane Rayor, translator, WOMEN IN PRAISE OF THE SACRED, Harper Perennial, 1994.
Music: Djivan Gasparyan, "Lovely Spring," MOON SHINES AT NIGHT, All Saints Records LTD, 1993.
Sweet Betsy From Pike
Presented by: Cool Hand Uke
Sources: ?????????
Music: "Sweet Betsy from Pike" sung by the End of the Trail Saloon, KVMR-FM, Nevada City, CA.
Imogen Cunningham
Presented by: Molly Fisk
Sources: Richard Lorenz, IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM, IDEAS WITHOUT END: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS, Chronicle Books, 1993.
Music: Peppino D’Agostino, "Venus Over Venice," VENUS OVER VENUS, Mesa/Blue Moon Recordings, 1995.
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Presented by: Lisa Rothman
Sources: "Knitting Workshop," broadcast on Wisconsin Public Television, 1980, www.schoolhousepress.com.
Music: "Where Sheep May Safely Graze," Johann Sebastian Bach, on video.
Marija Gimbutas
Presented by: Chris Irving
Sources: cassette, Marija Gimbutas, an interview with Kell Kearns, THE AGE OF THE GREAT GODDESS, Sounds True, 735 Walnut St, Boulder CO 80302, 1992.
Music: Dzintars: The Latvian Women’s Choir, "Blow Wind Blow,"from SONGS OF AMBER, on AROUND THE WORLD (FOR A SONG), produced by Mickey Hart, RYKOdisc, Pickering Wharf, Building C, Salem, MA 01970,1991.
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