When women invented television the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today
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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| Language: | English |
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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.
