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21 wrz 2016 · As increasing numbers of women entered paid employment, television advertisers in the 1970s discovered the purchasing power of a desirable, new demographic. In response, A.C. Nielsen added the category of “working women” to its demographics in 1976.
8 lip 2020 · What follows is a survey of research into women's TV history, of diverse careers and employment patterns, from around the world, starting with the United Kingdom and concluding with the United States.
The narrative of women working behind the camera in television is one that begins with pioneering women directors like Joan Darling (the first female director nominated for an Emmy Award), Joan Tewkesbury, Lesli Linka Glatter, Randa Haines, Martha Cooley, Elaine May, and Ida Lupino.
Learn more about the ‘Women’s Work’ project and how its research has unearthed some of the hidden histories of women’s work in British film and television. Historical Timeline Discover how events such as the Second World War and the Equal Opportunities Act shaped women’s employment.
The changing role of women at the BBC is explored in this unique oral history collection – featuring voices of early radio pioneers in the 1920s and 30s through women engineers during World...
20 mar 2021 · Author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong tells Scott Simon about four visionary women who were behind early hit TV shows. Her new book is When Women Invented Television.
Images of. gender, and family, and women's roles in society really began to shift with the. establishment of the women's network Lifetime in 1984 (Byars and Meehan. 1994), and later with the rise of postfeminist television in the 1990s (Lotz 2006).
