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When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today
When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets. Four women-- each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her r...
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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.