Title When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today / Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
	©2021

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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, 1922-2021
	Berg, Gertrude, 1899-1966. (OCoLC)fst00261872
	Phillips, Irna, 1901-1973. (OCoLC)fst01581721
	Scott, Hazel. (OCoLC)fst00290999
	White, Betty, 1922- (OCoLC)fst01718351
	Television and women. (OCoLC)fst01146701
	Women in television broadcasting. (OCoLC)fst01177992
	United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Annals and chronicles.
	Biographies.
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780062973306 (hardcover)
	0062973304 (hardcover)

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