When Women Invented Television Book Reviews
When Women Invented Television by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Book Summary
New and Noteworthy —New York Times Book Review
Must-Read Book of March —Entertainment Weekly
Best Books of March —HelloGiggles
“Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls
New York Times–bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrong tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know today.
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.
But as the medium became more popular—and lucrative—in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up—and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives.
This amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time.
Book Name | When Women Invented Television |
Genre | Biographies & Memoirs |
Author | Jennifer Keishin Armstrong |
Published | 23 March 2021, Tuesday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 2.28 MB |
When Women Invented Television (Jennifer Keishin Armstrong) Book Reviews 2024
We transfer money over €4 billion every month. We enable individual and business accounts to save 4 million Euros on bank transfer fees. Want to send free money abroad or transfer money abroad for free? Free international money transfer!
Did you know that you can earn 25 USD from our site just by registering? Get $25 for free by joining Payoneer!
Download Link | Book Format |
when-women-invented-television-ebook.pdf | |
when-women-invented-television-ebook.epub | EPUB |
when-women-invented-television-ebook.kindle | KINDLE |
When Women Invented Television E-book (PDF, PUB, KINDLE) Download
When Women Invented Television ebook when-women-invented-television (2.28 MB) download new links will be update!
When Women Invented Television Similar Books
Book Name | Score | Reviews | Price |
Eat Pray Love | 4.5/5 | 2,478 | $12.99 |
Yes Please | 4.5/5 | 3,448 | $8.99 |
Bossypants | 4.5/5 | 5,149 | $8.99 |
No Easy Day | 4.5/5 | 11,865 | $6.99 |
The Wolf of Wall Street | 4.5/5 | 1,988 | $12.99 |
Enhance sleep, vision, cognition, flexibility, energy, long-range health and more. Performance Lab CORE Formulas support all aspects of human performance, across all walks of life. Boosts work performance and productivity with nootropics for focus, multitasking under stress, creative problem-solving and more.
Book Name | Score | Reviews | Price |
Seinfeldia | 4/5 | 146 | $14.99 |
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted | 4/5 | 19 | $13.99 |
Pop Star Goddesses | 0/5 | 0 | $11.99 |
So Fetch | 0/5 | 0 | $12.99 |
Sex and the City and Us | 0/5 | 0 | $12.99 |
Summary of When Women Invented Television by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
The When Women Invented Television book written by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong was published on 23 March 2021, Tuesday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 102 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.
Book Name | Author | Price |
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane | Free |
Christopher Columbus | Mildred Stapley Byne | Free |
The Hazeley Family | Alfred Edwin Johnson | Free |
Anne of Avonlea | L.M. Montgomery | Free |
The Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford | Free |
Coinbase is the world's most trusted place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Open an account today, and if you buy or sell $100 or more of crypto, you'll receive $10 worth of free Bitcoin!
Book Name | Author | Price |
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter | 50 Cent | $13.99 |
Steve Jobs | Walter Isaacson | $16.99 |
Endgame | Omid Scobie | $14.99 |
When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi | $11.99 |
Born a Crime | Trevor Noah | $14.99 |
Jasper is the generative AI platform for business that helps your team create content tailored for your brand 10X faster, wherever you work online.
Please wait! When Women Invented Television book comments loading...
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong - When Women Invented Television Discussions & Comments
Have you read this book yet? What do you think about When Women Invented Television by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong book? Ask the bookpedia.co community a question about When Women Invented Television!