Descriptive Summary
Women’s news hour (Television program)
Women’s News
Hour Videotapes
1999-2002
Materials are written in English.
2005-070
70 videotapes
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
The Women’s
News Hour Videotapes, 1999-2002, contain VHS, Hi8 ProMP, DVCAM, and
U-matic videocassettes of the Austin cable access television show, Women’s News Hour.
Historical Note
The hour-long Austin cable access show, Women’s News
Hour, showcased women’s topics and women’s activities in current affairs
throughout Austin and the world. Shows often focused on interviews conducted by
Frieda Werden or lectures taped by Anne Merrill. Furthermore, an all-women crew
generated the program, and the producers were associates of WINGS: Women’s
International News Gathering Service, a production company co-founded by Werden.
Scope and Contents
The Women’s News Hour Videotapes, 1999-2002, contain
nine VHS, twenty-one Hi8 ProMP, eighteen DVCAM, and twenty-two U-matic
videocassettes of the Austin cable access television show, Women’s News Hour. The episodes feature local and global women’s issues
and current affairs, lectures taped by Anne Merrill, and interviews conducted by
Frieda Werden of international and local female activists, feminists, authors, and
others, such as Vandana Shiva.
Access Restrictions
Use of Hi8 ProMP and DVCam videotapes by appointment only; please contact repository
for more information.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Werden, Frieda.
Merrill, Anne.
Subjects (Organizations)
Women’s International News Gathering
Service.
Women’s news hour (Television program) --
Archives.
Subjects
Women -- political activity.
Women in mass media.
Women journalists -- Texas.
Public television -- Texas.
Places
Austin (Tex.)
Preferred Citation
Women’s News Hour Videotapes, 1999-2002, Dolph Briscoe
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Related Material
See also Werden (Frieda)
Papers
See also WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service Records
Processing Information
This collection processed by Sarah Sokolow and Laurel Rozema, October 2010.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Please contact repository for inventory.