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"The early years of American broadcasting seem to be an exclusively white male preserve, but broadcast historian Donna Halper documents the countless contributions made by women in this field since its earliest days. This artful social history considers our culture's expectations of women and how those expectations changed throughout the twentieth century, how the advent of television changed the landscape of employment opportunities for women in broadcasting, and how both television and radio communicate about gender roles. Invisible Stars brings the stories of key people like Bertha Brainard (one of the first women on the air in New York - and the first woman executive at NBC), Dorothy Thompson (the first woman in radio to make the cover of Time), influential talk show host Mary Margaret McBride, and many others to their proper prominence."--BOOK JACKET. <p><b>About the Author:</b><br> Donna Lee Halper is an adjunct professor at Emmerson College in Boston in the Journalism Department. Ms. Halper is a well-known radio consultant, with over twenty-five years in broadcasting. She has written two other books, as well as a number of magazine and journal articles. An experienced broadc

Author

Halper, Donna L.

Publisher

M. E. Sharpe Incorporated

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781322982656

Subjects

Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction