When Women Invented Television : : the Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses who Pioneered the way we Watch Today
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062973306
0062973304
SUBJECTS
Phillips, Irna, -- 1901-1973.
Berg, Gertrude, -- 1899-1966.
Scott, Hazel.
White, Betty, -- 1922-
Television and women -- History.
Women in television broadcasting -- History.
Women in television broadcasting -- United States -- Biography.
Annals and chronicles.
Biographies.