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Author Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin, author.

Title When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today / Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

Publisher New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.

ISBN 9780062973306 (hardcover)
0062973304 (hardcover)



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Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 333 pages: illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary "It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women-each an independent visionary- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture." -- Amazon.
Subject Phillips, Irna, 1901-1973.
Berg, Gertrude, 1899-1966.
Scott, Hazel.
White, Betty, 1922-2021.
Subject(S) Women television personalities -- United States -- History.
Television -- United States -- History.
Television and women.
Women in television broadcasting.
Women in television broadcasting -- United States -- Biography.
Annals and chronicles.
Biographies.
ISBN 9780062973306 (hardcover)
0062973304 (hardcover)