TY - BOOK AU - Armstrong,Jennifer Keishin TI - When women invented television: the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today SN - 9780062973306 PY - 2021///] CY - New York, NY PB - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Phillips, Irna, KW - Berg, Gertrude, KW - Scott, Hazel. KW - White, Betty, KW - Television and women KW - History KW - Women in television broadcasting KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Annals and chronicles KW - lcgft KW - Biographies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -