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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.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Television and women--History.
Women in television broadcasting--History.
Women in television broadcasting--United States--Biography.
Phillips, Irna,--1901-1973.
Berg, Gertrude,--1899-1966.
Scott, Hazel.
White, Betty,--1922-
Annals and chronicles.
Biographies.

Notes:

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:

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.

ISBN:

0062973304
9780062973306

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1241185819

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)