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Woman's Options
        ---The Experience and Wisdom of Seven Low Income Women

Produced by Radell Roberts and Jim Dessauer

In Women's Options myths about poverty, domestic violence, men, public assistance, race...are exploded by the straight forward, often funny stories and thoughts of seven low income women.  The women in Women's Options repeatedly bring us to the intersection of personal story and critical analysis.  Their life stories and insights unveil 'behind the scenes' economic, political and cultural realities of life in the United States.

...The common woman is as common as good bread, as common as when you couldn't go on but did. For all the world we didn't know we held in common all along, the common woman is as common as the best of bread and will rise....
                           Judy Graham, "The Common Woman"

Women's Options is ideal for use in Women's Studies, Sociology, Social Problems and Political Science courses.

A must for Women's groups, and anyone making policy about, or working with women.

Technical Specifications:  

DVD and VHS, 60 minutes.  

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