Allison, Dorothy. See We Are Not Monsters: It's Time to Talk about Sex.

American Porn
2002 Frontline special on the economy of pornography, including its ties to media giants such as AT&T.

Analyzing Interactions for Equality and Excellence.
A lecture given at UMF in November, 1997 by Myra and David Sadker, experts on gender bias and equity in the classroom. They examine text books, research results, and interviews with children to show where inequities in education reside.

Anchor of the Soul
The video centers around the history of the Green Memorial AME Zion Church in Portland. Interviews with African-Americans and comments by historians create a picture of African-American life in Maine from the time of enslavement to the present.

Barbie Nation
A tour through Barbie culture, including her "birthing" by entrepreneur Ruth Handler and Barbie cults among collectors and gender benders.

Battiste, Marie. See Cognitive Imperialism and Micmac Education.

Beyond Killing Us Softly.
A documentary about the fight against the toxic and degrading messages to women and girls that dominate the media. The film presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy--and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for reclaiming our culture.

Birth in the Squatting Position.
Depictions of various women giving birth in the squatting position; a gentle argument for this natural method.

Bly, Carol. See Rural Repression of Consciousness.

Bly, Robert. See A Gathering of Men.

The Body Beautiful
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.

Boys and Girls Are Different.
An ABC News Special with Jeff Stossell. The program examines whether differences between the sexes are social or biological in origin. Stossell raises some interesting and frightening questions as he interviews feminist leaders such as Gloria Steinem and scientists.

Bread and Dignity (Pan y Dignidad)
"Bread and Dignity" reviews the role of women in political struggles in Nicaragua.

Brown, Lyn Mikel.
The commencement speech given to the UMF graduating class of 1996. Brown is a professor at Colby and co-author of the Meeting At the Crossroads, a book about adolescent girls' development.

The Burning Times.
The first in a series of films concerning women's spirituality and the goddess. This one is about witches past and present and the persecution they have faced. Covers everything from the Inquisition to the prejudice against witches today. Offers a multicultural perspective. Beautifully presented with music, paintings, figurines, etc.


Bye-Bye Babushka
Director Rebecca Feig introduces us to a film full of wonderfully weathered faces, "babushkas" born in the wake of the Russian Revolution that transformed their motherland and now living past the death of communism. Feig's camera cherishes all of these survivors -- a 90-year-old collective farmworker, a passionate party member and devotee to Lenin, a history professor who paid for political protest with a four-year sentence in Siberia. Though each has her own take on history, these Russian grandmothers -- a generation on the way to extinction -- all find honor in the enduring work of their hands and minds.

Cancer Clusters.
A lecture given at UMF in November 1994 by Dr. Michael Greenberg, medical geographer. Cancer clusters are geographical points where cancer is strikingly prevalent. Using maps and diagrams, Greenberg reveals where these clusters are and talks about why they may be there.

A Century of Women. Parts 1, 2, and 3.
The six-hour PBS special, stories, images, songs, and footage tracing the history of American women in the twentieth century. Covers everything from the suffrage movement to fashion.

A Class Divided.
Frontline revisits the experiment in educating children to the realities of discrimination by dividing their third grade class into "brown eyes" and "blue eyes."

Cognitive Imperialism and Micmac Education.
A lecture given at UMF in April 1987 by Dr. Marie Battiste, a former UMF graduate and member of the Micmac tribe. Her main focus is on literacy.

Computer Sex Equity.
(On same tape as Women in Science from counter 183-end). Produced in 1987, so the facts are outdated, but provides an interesting look at what was being projected for women in computers and a perspective on how far we have and haven't come.

A Conversation in Maine with Margaret Chase Smith.
The film begins with Smith reading the speech she brought before Congress condemning MacCarthy. Smith then talks quite intimately about her life, from her childhood to her years as a Senator, with interviewer Angus King.

Coontz, Stephanie. See Maine Women's Studies Conference, 1998.
Stephanie Coontz's keynote address, and the follow-up conversation.

Dalton, Carol Robins. See Menopause: A Positive Change.

Daughters of the Dust.
A moving story of life on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. Director Julie Dash brings together a brilliant cast to tell the tale of one family, descendants of slaves, as they learn about themselves, their past, and each other. An inspiring film of sisterhood. Visually beautiful and emotionally stunning.

Debate between Russell Christensen and Chandler Woodcock, 9/12/00
The district 17 Democratic and Republican candidates for state senate answer questions about the Maine economy, health care, women's issues, and gay rights.   Moderators, Erin Clark and Anna Diaz.  Part of the Rock the Boat Speaker Series.

The Desired Number
"The Desired Number" uses the Ibu Eze ceremony in Nigeria to highlight how family planning issues often conflict with traditional family values. Nigeria is Africa's most populous country, yet has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the world. The Ibu Eze ceremony, which celebrates women who have given birth to large numbers of children, is perhaps the only recognition a woman will receive for her efforts. Contrasting with the festivities are views of community members who raise the idea that praising large families without considering quality of life is not necessarily a blessing for women.

Dialogue with Maxine Green.
A lecture given at UMF in Sepember 1986. Green is a philosopher of education at the Teachers College of Columbia University. She discusses her own views of what education is, particularly the idea of multiplicity, and how she formed these views in the course of her teaching.

Discovering Women.
A six-part series that follows a day in the life of six different female scientists, physicist Melissa Franklin, biochemist Lynda Jordan, geophysicist Marcia McNutt, archaeologist Patty Jo Watson, neuroscientist Misha Mahowald, and molecular biologist Lydia Villa-Komaroff. Each story reveals the triumphs and challenges of women in these non-traditional fields. Narrated by Michelle Pfeiffer.

Domestic Violence. See Maine Women's Studies Conference, 1998. Focus Panel: Domestic Violence.

Dream Worlds II: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video.
Filmmaker Sut Jhally sets visual images from popular music videos to reveal the story they tell about women and male desire.  Powerful and disturbing.

Dying To Be Thin: 
Nova episode about eating disorders.

The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde.
Filmmaker Jennifer Abod documents the 1990 transnational conference to celebrate Lorde's work across ethnic, class, and cultural differences.  Interviews with Lorde are interspersed with footage of the conference itself.

Effective Mathematics: Teaching For Female and Male Students.
A lecture given at UMF in October 1987 by mathematics expert Dr. Elizabeth Fennema. Fennema, a researcher in gender equity in mathematics, speaks about problems with girls and math and offers solutions.

Elion, Gertrude.
Dr. Mary Ellen Avery interviews Elion, a Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine and pioneer in drug research. Elion, who developed drugs for herpes, leukemia, malaria, gout and immune disorders, and immune suppressants to overcome rejection of donated organs in transplant surgery, talks about the highlights of her life and career.

Families. See Maine Women's Studies Conference, 1998.

Female Circumcision.
In this painful, eye-opening Oprah show on female circumcision and the effects of war on women and children, Mimi Ramsey and Soraya Mire share their personal stories. The show explores everything from what happens physically to what women who have been circumcised feel about their mothers.

Fennema, Elizabeth. See Effective Mathematics: Teaching for Female and Male Students.

Fetal Tissue Marketing.
What the radical right is saying in the "partial-birth" abortion debate.

Friedan, Betty.  Women's Image and the Media, April 1989.                                                                                           In this interview on Late Night America, feminist Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique and Second Stage, talks about images of women in the media 25 years ago and in the present.  Discusses the conference in Washington, DC called "Women, Men, and Media."

The "F" Word.
In this amusing short video, women and men of different ages and ethnicities give wildly diverse answers to the question, "What is feminism?"

A Gathering of Men.
Bill Moyers interviews Robert Bly, author of Iron John and other books about "male liberation." The interview centers on issues that men face in patriarchy, and on Bly's support of men's gathering to get in touch with their emotions. Includes clips of such gatherings.

Gentle Birth Choices
This beautiful videotape illustrates the benefits and wonders of natural childbirth. It covers a variety of issues pertinent to childbirth, including women's empowerment, different types of labors, midwifery, and child/parent bonding.

Geographical Context of Aging Women.
UMF lecture by geographer Dr. Judith Meyer. Meyer analyzes statistics on women and aging, arguing that because women are likely to live longer then men, special consideration needs to be given to them in geriatrics.

Global Village or Global Pillage.
Shows constructive ways ordinary people around the world are addressing the impact of globalization on their communities, workplaces, and environments. It weaves together video of local and transnational activities, interviews, music, and original video comics to show that, through grassroots organizing combined with mutual support around the world, ordinary people can empower themselves to deal with the global economy.

Goddess Remembered.
The second video in the Goddess Trilogy. This tape explores the history and revival of goddess worship. Includes interviews with anthropologists, and with women such as Merlin Stone, Lucia Teisha and Jean Bolen, who talk about their own spirituality and their relationship with the Goddess. Visually stunning, with music and dance.

Goddess Trilogy.
The Goddess series on one tape, including The Burning Times and Goddess Remembered (for description, see separate listings) and the final film, Full Circle. Full Circle interviews different spiritual groups to examine how their worship involves environmental and social-political action. Includes clips of actual rituals from different areas around the country and interviews with members of these groups.

Going Further Out of Our Minds.
Radical feminist Sonia Johnson in a 1986 talk at the University of California lays out her challenging, funny, often outrageous vision of patriarchy and its cures.

Green, Maxine. See Dialogue with Maxine Green and Meaning of a Liberal Education.

Greenberg, Michael. See Cancer Clusters.

Gussow, Joan. See What Will Our Children Eat?

Hay, Lee. See Reshaping Education for the Age of Information.

Her Choice--Adoption.
In this research project for the spring 1997 Mothers and Daughter's class, Sara Terrian interviews three women about their choice to give their babies up for adoption. Explores the circumstances and effects of this choice.

Hillary's Class.
Frontline goes to the reunion of the Wellesley class of 1969 and interviews the women who attended college with Hillary Clinton. These intimate interviews focus on where the women are now and how that compares to their visions of their future when they graduated.

How Women Can Improve Their Health by Listening to Their Bodies' Signals.
A lecture given at UMF in December 1989 by Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. Northrup offers witty, personable observations about how women can improve their health by balancing technology with their own choices in lifestyle.

Hubbard, Ruth. The Social Construction of Women's Biology.

The Human Laboratory.
Examines the health risks of using Norplant and the testing procedures that the parent company used. Includes interviews with women in America and in third world countries who have experienced adverse side effects and with activists fighting to get Norplant off the market and to stop medical testing on third world women.

Hungry Hearts
This silent film (1922) based on Anzia Yezierska's eponymous novel tells the story of a Jewish immigrant girl who aspires to the "higher things in life" but is continually foiled by the cruelties of the class system, most particularly embodied in the form of an evil landlord.   Includes a brilliant scene of her mother hatcheting a kitchen to smithereens.

Huseman, Sue. See Women in History: Telling Her Story.

Johnson, Sonia. see Going Further Out of Our Minds.

Killing in the Name of Life: Terrorism Against Abortion Clinics.

Kitchen Scenes.
The premier performance of Jayne Decker's play, staged at UMF's Alumni Theater on May 14, 1997. The play weaves scenes set in kitchens from three time periods, which serve, as kitchens will, as gathering places and places of reflection for women.

Lambert, Elise: World War II Army Nurse.
Rhea Côté Robbins interviews Lambert, who served in the South Pacific.

Levertov, Denise.
The poet reads from her own work and the work of poets who influenced her, and talks about poetry.  Recorded May 27, 1988 before an audience of high school students.

Lorde, Audre. See The Edge of Each Other's Battles.

Lowe, Marian. See Open Session: Science and Gender, and Women as Science Students.

Mainewatch, October 7, 1999.  Intense, informative debate between spokespeople for and against the November 2, 1999 "partial-birth abortion" referendum.

Maine Women's Studies Conference, November 14, 1998: How Do We Talk about Families? Myths and Changing Realities:

Keynote Address, Stephanie Coontz
How should feminists be thinking about families? Coontz offers a broad view of American families past and present in this informative and moving speech. Feminists, she insists, must confront the enormous and growing disparities of income in the United States and make alliances with the working poor to fulfill the commitment of feminism to a democratic, egalitarian society.

Focus Panel: Domestic Violence
The panel offers a variety of perspectives on combating domestic violence: How should we be talking about it? Whom and how should we be educating? Panelists: Fremont Anderson, Men's Work; Melody Fitch, Family Violence Project; Renate Klein, University of Maine; Carol Schachinger, Cape Cod Center for Women. Moderator: Karen Barrett, University of Maine at Farmington.

Focus Panel: The Effect of Current Social Policy on American Families, 1
The panel explores policy implications in an interactive format at the local, state, and federal level. It considers what individuals can do to inform and shape policy decisions, and what collaborative approaches have been effective. Panelists: Carolyn Drugge, Somerset County Family Living Program; Susan Longley, Maine State Senate; Marcia Makris, Department of Education, Bates College; Leslie Morrill, MSAD #9. Moderator: Jo Josephson, Maine Municipal Association.

Focus Panel: The Effect of Current Social Policy on American Families, 2
The panel explores policy implications in an interactive format at the local, state, and federal level. It considers what individuals can do to inform and shape policy decisions, and what collaborative approaches have been effective. Panelists: Ed David, attorney specializing in family law; Annie Lunt, Maine NOW; Rod Pryor, Franklin Memorial Hospital; Richard Waddell, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. Moderator: Cathleen McAnneny, University of Maine at Farmington.

Focus Panel: Representations of Family in Art, Literature, and the Media
Panelists consider mainstream representations of family and contrast them with alternative representations in performance art; dining rituals; African, African American, and Chinese American women's literature; and contemporary journalism, and discuss what is at stake in these representations. Panelists: Margaret Farmer, University of Maine at Farmington; Donna Gold, independent journalist; Dorothy Harris, UMass, Boston; Karen Kitchen, independent curator; and Lavina Shankar, Bates College. Moderator, Valerie Huebner.

Focus Panel: Reproductive Issues in the New Millennium
Biological, ethical, medical, and political perspectives on reproduction and reproductive technologies, from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings to Dolly the Lamb. Panelists: Sandra Haggard, University College, Bangor; Susan Longley, Maine State Senate; Julian Murphy, University of Southern Maine; Ellen Grunblatt, University of Maine at Farmington. Moderator, Lea Bryant.

Marianne Moore: In Her Own Image.
This tape from the Voices and Visions series explores the life and poetry of Marianne Moore. Uses photographs, readings of her poems (including a few in her own voice), and interviews with literary critics, peers and historians. An informative exploration of a woman who held her own with such peers as Ezra Pound and Carl Sandburg.

Martin, Jane Roland. See The Ideal of the Educated Woman.

Meaning of a Liberal Education.
Lecture given at UMF in September 1986 by Maxine Greene, philosopher of education at the Teacher's College of Columbia University. Green discusses the ideals of a liberal education and how one goes about finding one's own perspective among the words and ideas of others. Includes two students reading their essays on what liberal education means to them.

Men: Choices and Changes.
Part of the 1977 Born Free series. Interviews with men of different ages and stages of life on how stereotypes have affected their self-perceptions and their choices. Also examines how women's changing views of themselves affect men.

Menopause.
A Nova special narrated by Stockard Channing. Explores how menopause effects women emotionally and physically, what new drugs are available to women and how these new technological changes are changing the face of menopause. Includes interviews with women going through menopause and with doctors and scientists treating and studying it.

Menopause: A Positive Change.
A lecture by Carol Robins Dalton. Examines the symptoms of menopause and offers natural strategies to counter them. Discusses alternatives to hormones that all women can use on their own, such as diet and exercise.

Meyer, Judith. See Geographical Context of Aging Women and Women in Geography.

Monday's Girls
This fascinating documentary, by the filmmaker of The Body Beautiful,, follows two young Nigerian women’s different experiences of a traditional rite of passage. Young virgins, irabo, spend five weeks in “fattening rooms”, emerging to dance before the villagers and to be married. The girls wear heavy copper coils on their legs to enforce inactivity as they are waited on and honored by their families. One of the young village women, Florence, is keen to take part. But Akisiye, who returns from the city at her father’s behest, is not certain she wants to. Combining voice-over and interviews, Monday’s Girls documents tradition, modernity, dissent and contradiction in African women’s lives.

Moore, Marianne. See Marianne Moore: In Her Own Image.

No Safe Place. 
PBS special on violence against women includes revealing interview with male perpetrators, psychologists, and a biologist.

Nordica Celebration of the Arts. 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
The Nordica Celebration, so named in honor of Farmington-area opera diva Lillian Nordica, has been held annually since 1987 during Women's History Month at UMF. Artists from UMF's student body and faculty and from the surrounding community perform original work, including dance, poetry and fiction, theater pieces, and music, in celebration of women's contribution to the creative arts.

Norsigian, Judith.
Lecture given at UMF on October 7, 1996 by Judy Norsigian, long-time member of the Boston Women's Health Collective, editors of Our Bodies, Our Selves. Norsigian talks frankly about sex, birth control and other women's health issues. An excellent video for learning more about sex without feeling uncomfortable or overwhelmed.

Norsigian, Judith. See also State House Report: Tobacco, and Women's Health.

Northrup, Christiane. See How Women Can Improve Their Health by Listening to Their Bodies' Signals.

O.11 Rally

Okafor, Chinyere. "If I Narrate What They Are Doing to Me": Nigerian Women's Voices.
In her keynote speech from UMF's March 8, 2002 Women in History Banquet, poet/fiction writer/playwright Chinyere Okafor discusses women's lives in the political economy of Nigeria and reads from her story  "Beyond Child Abuse."  The presentation gives insight into the effect of the International Monetary Fund's Structural Adjustment Programs on the lives of African women and children.

One Hundred Years of Great Women.
A century of women in in the fields of entertainment, politics, athletics, and exploration who have changed the lives of women forever by removing barriers, changing lifestyles, and paving the way for independence: Maya Angelou, Lucille Ball, Amelia Earhart, Anne Frank, Billie Holiday, Jackie Kennedy, Rosa Parks, Margaret Sanger, and many more. A 20/20 special with Barbara Walters.

One Woman, One Vote.
Using photographs, speeches, early movie footage, and the songs of the suffragists, this film brings to life the women who fought for suffrage during the seventy-two years from the 1848 Seneca Falls convention to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. From The American Experience; introduced by David McCollum and narrated by Susan Sarandon.

Open Session: Science and Gender.
An open forum held at UMF in April 1985 with Dr. Marian Lowe, an expert on gender bias in science. Lowe opens the discussion by describing the connection between gender and ideas about science, how the image of scientists affects women's perceptions of science as a whole.

"Partial-Birth Abortion" Referendum. Marion Syversen.                                                               
Marion Syversen talks about "Partial-Birth Abortion" at UMF on October 28, 1999.   Representing the anti-abortion rights organization Feminists for Life, of which she is president, she talks about her past personal experiences and why she believes the "Partial-Birth Abortion" ban should be passed on November 2nd.

"Partial-Birth Abortion" Referendum: Simon Heller and Karen Raschke
Simon Heller and Karen Raschke, attorneys with the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, speaking at UMF on October 16, 1999.  Videotape made by Center for Reproductive Law and Policy.

Permissable Dreams
"Permissible Dreams" is an unforgettable look at life for Egyptian women.

Pushing Us Back: The "Partial-Birth Abortion" Referendum.  Simon Heller and Karen Raschke.                              Simon Heller and Karen Raschke, attorneys with the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, spoke at UMF on October 21, 1999.  Raschke gives a history of abortion in the United States; Heller analyzes the statute that would outlaw "partial-birth" abortion within the context of the movement to outlaw abortion.

Representations of Family. See Maine Women's Studies Conference. Focus Panel: Representations of Family in Art, Literature, and the Media.

Reproductive Issues. See Maine Women's Studies Conference, 1998. Focus Panel: Reproductive Issues in the New Millennium.

Reshaping Education for the Age of Information.
A lecture delivered in August 1985 by Dr. Lee Hay, 1983's National Teacher of the Year, at UMF's Annual Alumni Summer Symposium on Education. Hay examines contemporary criticism of public education in light of earlier attacks and points out that these arise in times of social change. He discusses how schools can change along with a changing society.

Rural Repression of Consciousness
A lecture given at UMF by Carol Bly, the author of Letters From the Country, among other works.

Sadker, Myra and David. See Analyzing Interactions for Equality and Excellence.

Schools As Influences.
Part of the 1977 Born Free series. A collection of interviews with educators, both teachers and administrators. The discussion centers around how these people are trying to eliminate stereotypes in the classroom in order to offer more options to their students.

Seguino, Stephanie. See Women and Globalization: Setting the Rules for Fair Play.

Selbe: One Among Many
This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, "Selbe" focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with the sole responsibility for their families. One woman’s personal struggle reflects the broader issues facing many women in developing countries. Safi Faye, an ethnologist, is the most important woman director of documentaries in West Africa.

Seneca Reflections: Celebrating 150 Years of Women's Rights
At the 150th anniversary of the First Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, participants and keynote speakers, women's studies scholars and historical performers, were asked to put the 1948 convention in perspective for a contemporary audience, and to reflect on its unique significance to our time. Included are the voices of Betty Friedan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Donna Shalala, Sally Roesch Wagner, Judy Wellman, Coline Jenkins-Sahlin, Karen Staser, and others.

The Shame of Saipan.
A 20/20 story about the exploitation of Asian girls on the American soil of Saipan. The news reporters look into sweatshops and nightclubs, and find that these young girls are being worked in horrible conditions in the sweatshops and forced to work as prostitutes at the nightclubs.

She Said, He Said.
Steve Roberts interviews Deborah Tannen, a linguistic expert from Georgetown University, on PBS. Tannen talks about her research regarding communication between women and men and answers the age old question, "Why don't men ask for directions?" Offers a refreshingly feminist outlook on how women and men can learn to communicate effectively.

Sheee Whooooo
Word event performed by students of WST 377: Embodied Writing, UMF Art Gallery, 12/13/00.

Signature: Barbara Kingsolver.

Smith, Ashley.  The Case for Socialism.  A talk given at UMF on February 17, 2000.  Part of the Rock the Boat Speaker Series.

Smith, Margaret Chase. See A Conversation in Maine with Margaret Chase Smith.

The Social Construction of Women's Biology.
A provocative lecture given at UNH by Dr. Ruth Hubbard, professor of Biology at Harvard. Hubbard explains that women's biology can't be examined from a purely biological point of view because women shape and are shaped by their environment.

Social Policy. See Maine Women's Studies Conference, 1998. Focus Panel: The Effect of Current Social Policy on American Families, 1 and 2.

Sorceress.
Elda is a healing woman in a tiny French Village in the 13th century. She is respected by the villagers but feared by the Dominican's monks who have come to establish Christianity. Accused of witchcraft, she develops a relationship with the priest, Etienne. This movie presents a realistic portrayal of the clash between ancient and Christian beliefs. Written and directed by Suzanne Schiffman.

State House Report: Tobacco.
A show produced out of Massachusetts. Includes guests Bard Krevor, Judith Norsigian, and Athene Wilson. Krevor talks about what it means now that the FDA can regulate tobacco companies. Wilson explores how the tobacco industries are targeting minorities, particularly African-Americans. Norsigian talks about the targeting of women and how smoking effects women.

Stein, Gertrude.  When This You See....
Depiction of Stein's artistic career employs wonderful photographs of the artist and her cronies, interviews with those who knew her, scenes from stagings of her opera Four Saints in Three Acts, and more, with a narration based on The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977.
This one-hour documentary traces the emergence of feminism through the life stories of eight women.  Set against the backdrop of decades of war, prosperity, and reform, their testimonies weave a narrative of a mass movement evolving as personal experience yields political analysis and spurs social protest.

Sudesha
"Sudesha" tells the story of one woman involved in the "Chipko" environmental movement in India.

Susan B. Anthony Slept Here.
A documentary hosted by Lynn Sherr. Sherr brings viewers on a tour of the famous sites associated with women in American history. She profiles the life of such women as Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Susan B. Anthony. A fascinating ride through women's history with lots of facts and visual stopping points.

Sweating for a T-Shirt.
A UCLA student tracks the clothes her classmates wear to maquiladoras in Honduras where they are manufactured.

Superstar
The story of Karen Carpenter's death by anorexia acted out with Barbie dolls.

Syversen, Marion.  See "Partial-Birth Abortion" Referendum, Vote Yes Speaker: Marion Syversen.

Tannen, Deborah. See She Said, He Said.

Teacher Education: Geography and Social Studies.
A lecture given at UMF in September 1990 by Dr. Judith Meyer, professor of geography at the University of Connecticut. Meyer talks about methods of teaching geography and discusses how to combat geographical illiteracy in American students.

Tsanga, Amy. When History Says "Not Yet": The democratic crisis in Zimbabwe.
Dr. Tsanga, Faculty of Law and Deputy Director, Women's Law Center, University of Zimbabwe, speaks at the University of Maine at Farmington on April 1, 2002.

UMF Dancers.
13th Annual Spring recital of the UMF dancers. Features speculator performances by not only the dancers but student musicians as well.. March 1993.

Vertical Ventrical Horizons
Emily Vogler's videotaped poetry portfolio from ENG 287, Poetry by Women, spring 2000.  In response to the question "What constitutes your poetic tradition?" Vogler reads poems as she goes on a visual journey through her perceptual universe.   She demonstrates how poetry is written on the body by dancing with images of poets projected on her own body.

Violence: What Can We Do About It?
A four part series on PBS with Bill Moyers. Each part examines a different aspect of violence in America, among them violent youths in prison, the justice system, violence in the media, racist crimes, guns and gun control. Includes interviews with psychologists, teens, and ex-gang members. Informative and timely.

Vogler, Emily.  See Vertical Ventrical Horizons.

Waring, Marilyn. See Who's Counting?

The Way Home.
What happened when eight ethnic councils of women came together to talk about race, gender and class in the U.S.

We Are Not Monsters: It's Time to Talk About Sex.
A powerful reading given at UMF in February, 1996 by Dorothy Allison from her novel Bastard Out of Carolina, and the ensuing discussion.

West Coast Crones.
A Glimpse into the Lives of Nine Old Lesbians.

What Will Our Children Eat?
A UMF lecture by Dr. Joan Gussow, author of The Nutrition Debate. An expert on how technology and social institutions affect the food supply, Gussow presents a mini-history of how we got to where we are concerning world food and hunger.

Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring cuts through the core of the too often mystifying language of economics, arguing that a feminist vision of social justice must include a reorientation in the way we think about and measure "value."

Women and Globalization: Setting the Rules for Fair Play.
Stephanie Seguino's keynote speech at the UMF Women in History Banquet, March 9, 2001. In this comprehensive talk Seguino explains the economic forces driving globalization, their effect on women workers and other disempowered groups in Maine, the U.S. and developing nations, then considers strategies for democratizing the global economy, including clean clothes campaigns.

Women: Choice and Change.
Part of the 1977 Born Free Series. This segment examines how stereotypes affect women and their life choices. Women of all ages and a range of professions describe how they feel societal images have damaged or helped them.

Women As Leaders in Education.
An informal panel discussion held in October 1990 at UMF. Presenters Barbara Arnold, Pat Conant, Leda Young, and Gloria LeVeley talk about their experience as educational administrators and answer questions from the audience.

Women As Science Students.
Dr. Marian Lowe addresses a UMF class. Lowe discusses why women are not prominent in scientific fields and what should or could be done to improve gender equity in science. April 1985.

Women in Business.
A February 1991 UMF panel discussion on women in business: the prejudices women face, the difficulties women with families experience trying to achieve a masters degree in business, and much more.

Women in the Curriculum.
UM panel discussion with presenters Dr. Jacequline Hall, Dr. Alice Kesler Harris, Dr. Elizabeth Minich and Debra Rosenfeld. Each woman gives a brief presentation on how she approaches curriculum at her own school. A discussion, involving the audience, follows.

Women in Geography.
A lecture given at UMF in September 1990 by Dr. Judith Meyer. Meyer notes the questions that are being asked about women in the geography profession and then describes opportunities for women who choose geography as a profession.

Women in History: Telling Her Story.
A lecture given at UMF by former provost and acting president Dr. Sue Huseman. Huseman talks about history in terms of narrative and discusses the concept of multiple histories. She addresses how women fit into these histories.

Women in Science.
Begins with an overview of the history of women scientists, including Caroline Hershel, then moves on to interviews with current women scientists. Concludes with an exploration of what the future holds for women in science. 1987.

Women of El Planeta
In "Women of El Planeta" two women inspire the women of El Planeta in Peru to take action to solve their own community's problems.

The Women of Hull House.
A documentary about Jane Addams' Hull House, her contributions and other women's contributions to the house that helped changed America's vision of social issues. Uses photos and other historical memorabilia.

Women World Leaders.
Laura Liswood interviews women who have been leaders of their country, including Corazon Aquino (former President, The Philippines), Mary Robinson (President, Ireland), Vigdis Finnbogadottir (President, Iceland), and Benazir Bhutto (former Prime Minister, Pakistan), who give their views on the relationship between leadership and gender.

Women's Center: 125th Anniversary.
A photographic display created by UMF's Letty Pryor. The photos and description depict women's achievement in the first 125 years of UMF's existence. This video is of the opening reception and includes not only shots of the exhibit but the speeches dedicating the project as well. March 1989.

Women's Health.
An Eye on America special report. The first segment honors Judith Norsigian for her work on Our Bodies, Our Selves. The following segments deal with issues that pertain to women's health, from substance abuse to breast cancer.

Women's Human Rights Organizations Respond to War in Afghanistan
Panel at Colby College, February 26, 2002.

A World of Options.
The final segment of Born Free. This episode reexamines sex and race roles and how they changed in the few years before the film was made in 1977. Also explores how the impressions that sustain these roles change as we get older through interviews with children and adults.

Writing the Body. A reading of creative writing ("metonyms") by the students in the WST class of the same name and the instructor, Lee Sharkey. Filmed in the UMF Art Gallery in May, 1998.

Yezierska, Anzia.  See Hungry Hearts.


Audio Tapes

 And Still I Rise. Maya Angelou. Random House Audio Publishing, 1996.

Coontz, Stephanie. See Maine Women's Studies Conference.

Davis, Angela. What Will You Say in 2030. Alternative Radio, Rec. 23 Feb. 2000. Cassette.

Doing Women's History. Sarah Wescott, Rosemary Paulson. 08/09/87. Reading of a paper.

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel & Dimed. Alternative Radio, Rec. 11 Oct. 2000. Cassette.

Female Genital Mutilation. Dr. Nahib Tubla. Fresh Air, 2/4/97. Radio Interview.

Fear and the Muse: The Story of Anna Akhmatova. From the Voices and Visions series.

Great American Women's Speeches. Read by Eileen Heckart, Claudia McNeil and Mildred Natwick. Edited by Sharon Donovan. 1973. Parts 1 and 2.

If Dreams Were Thunder. Judy Gorman-Jacobs. One Sky Music International, 1985. Music.

Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm. All-woman percussion ensemble whose music is based on West African rhythms

Is Research on Women's Education Research on Preventing War? Carol Gilligan and J. Roland Martin. A.E.R.A., 1987. Lecture.

Jordan, June. Poetry & Politics. Alternative Radio, recorded. 13 Oct. 2000.

Kozol, Jonathan. Race & Class in Public Education. Alternative Radio, recorded 17 October, 1997.

Maine Women's Studies Conference, November 14, 1998:
Keynote Speech, Stephanie Coontz
"Women and Families: The Conversation Continues," follow-up discussion with Stephanie Coontz.

More Flute-Guitar Music By Women Composers. Musica Femina. Janna MacAusian and Kristan Aspen, 1985.

Racism and Sexism: Back to the Future. Marcia Ann Gillespie. Keynote speech at 1997 Maine Women's Studies Conference, Bates College.

STD's and the College Woman. Dr. Ellen Grunblatt. UMF, 1987. Discussion.

Virginia's Woolf's 3 Guineas: 50 Years Later! Read by Sara Ruddick, Ellyn Burstyn and J. Roland Martin. 1987. 3 copies.