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Start Over Format Sound Recording Date 1996 Collection Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS) Audio Collection

1. Sister Talk: Anan Ashwari (31:12)

Date:
1996-09
Summary:
Central Spokesperson for Palestinian people and author of This Side of Peace discusses the moral imperative for obtaining a central and recognized place for Palestinians. She focuses on her commitment to social justice and diplomacy in her home country.

2. Sister Talk: Anne Firor Scott (26:38)

Date:
1995/2000
Summary:
Anne Firor Scott, Professor at Duke University, writer, activist and pioneer in the history of women, discusses her work and the importance of the African-American women activists and their part in the expansion of the "Black Middle Class."

4. Sister Talk: Bernice Sandler (28:25)

Date:
1996-10
Summary:
Doctor Bernice Sandler discusses her the issues underscored in her literature: The Chilly Classroom Climate: A Guide to Improve the Education of Women, with others and Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students. She focuses on the improvements made on overt practices of sex discrimination on campuses, and the subtle behaviors of the treatment of students.

5. Sister Talk: Chinta Gaston (29:26)

Date:
1996-12
Summary:
Chinta Gaston, graduate of Virginia Law is discusses her role in the United States Attorney's Office, and her role in Kroll Law Firm with bringing justice in the lawsuits dealing with sex discrimination.

6. Sister Talk: Ellen Contini Morava (31:25)

Date:
1995/2000
Summary:
Ellen Contini Morava, program chair of linguistics and professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia, discusses the different feminist moral stands on the Clinton White House's controversy.

7. Sister Talk: Erin Davis (30:03)

Date:
1995/2000
Summary:
Erin Davis discusses her dissertation focusing on the lives of people living in a different a gender from the one assigned to them at birth, and further explains the newer term of transsexuality.

8. Sister Talk: Gene Brosok (31:26)

Date:
1995/2000
Summary:
Gene Brosok, music critic and program host of Listening of Women and Men for WOMR, discusses the exclusionary practices in the hiring of women and racial minorities in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

9. Sister Talk: Gertrude Fraser (26:58)

Date:
1995/2000
Summary:
Gertrude Fraser, professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, discusses the Holsinger Studio Collection - a collection of local Charlottesville studio portraits, including a significant collection of portraits of African-Americans - on exhibit at the Carter Woodson Institute.

10. Sister Talk: Gertrude Frasier (29:49)

Date:
1995/2000
Summary:
Gertrude Fraser professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia discusses her focus on medicine as a cultural system. She shares her life course as being a compilation of migratory movements starting from Jamaica to New York City.