The Resource When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
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The item When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ripon Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780062973306
- Label
- When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today
- Title
- When women invented television
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Phillips, Irna, 1901-1973
- Scott, Hazel
- Television and women -- History
- White, Betty, 1922-
- White, Betty, 1922-2021
- Annals and chronicles
- Women in television broadcasting -- History
- Women in television broadcasting -- United States -- Biography
- Women in television broadcasting -- Biography
- Berg, Gertrude, 1899-1966
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- IMmBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin
- Dewey number
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- 791.45092/2
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1992.55.A2
- LC item number
- A76 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Television and women
- Women in television broadcasting
- Women in television broadcasting
- Phillips, Irna
- Berg, Gertrude
- Scott, Hazel
- White, Betty
- Label
- When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-322) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- on1241185819
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062973306
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1241185819
- Label
- When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-322) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- on1241185819
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062973306
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1241185819
Subject
- Biographies
- Phillips, Irna, 1901-1973
- Scott, Hazel
- Television and women -- History
- White, Betty, 1922-
- White, Betty, 1922-2021
- Annals and chronicles
- Women in television broadcasting -- History
- Women in television broadcasting -- United States -- Biography
- Women in television broadcasting -- Biography
- Berg, Gertrude, 1899-1966
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