Women Pioneers in Television : Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders

O'Dell, Cary

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786440740

Full Description

Nearly everyone is familiar with Lucille Ball's work on screen, but few realize her influence behind the scenes. Fewer still are aware that Judith Waller developed television's first all-education children's show, "Ding Dong School."

Since its beginnings television has been heavily influenced by women, but their contributions are sometimes missing from histories of the medium. In this work, the lives and careers of 15 television broadcasting pioneers (Mildred Freed Alberg, Ball, Gertrude Berg, Peggy Charren, Joan Ganz Cooney, Faye Emerson, Pauline Frederick, Dorothy Fuldheim, Betty Furness, Frieda Hennock, Lucy Jarvis, Ida Lupino, Irna Phillips, Waller, and Betty White) are covered. The focus is on their work in the medium, but there is also discussion of the obstacles they were forced to overcome to reach positions of influence in the industry.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Foreword by Sally Jessy Raphaël     

Introduction     

MILDRED FREED ALBERG     

LUCILLE BALL     

GERTRUDE BERG     

PEGGY CHARREN     

JOAN GANZ COONEY     

FAYE EMERSON     

PAULINE FREDERICK     

DOROTHY FULDHEIM     

BETTY FURNESS     

FRIEDA HENNOCK     

LUCY JARVIS     

IDA LUPINO     

IRNA PHILLIPS     

JUDITH WALLER     

BETTY WHITE     

Appendix: Other Notable Women     

Bibliography     

Index