Gender and Early Television makes an important contribution to our understanding of women’s relationship to this new medium in its formative years. ... this is a highly engaging and insightful read that throws much needed new light on an under-researched topic.
Critical Studies in Television
Interrogating television’s roots in theater and vaudeville, this smart new book shows how ... Read moretechnology, programming, and audience research shaped US and UK women’s cultural roles in the 20th century. An important book for scholars studying media, gender, and cultural history.
Jane Marcellus, Middle Tennessee State University, USA This is a fine addition to the scholarship that demonstrates women’s elided contribution to early television and the media industries...One hopes it will be used in Media Studies Departments the world over to demonstrate that women were both there from the beginning, and that the potential of their involvement remains unrealised.
Women's History Today
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