Bibliograph

When women invented television, the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

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When women invented television, the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When women invented television

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1241185819

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Sub title

the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today

Summary

The best-selling author of Seinfeldia documents the lesser-known story of how four trailblazing women from the radio era, including Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Hazel Scott and Betty White, helped establish the foundation of the modern television industry

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Bold claims -- Yoo-hoo, Gertrude Berg! -- Predicament, villainy, and female suffering -- Women's realm -- A holy terror -- One of us -- What are you going to do about your girl? -- Aren't you ashamed? -- A note of sadness -- Dramatic pause -- Black and white and red -- The scourge of 1955 -- The world turns

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