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Celebrating the legacy of Sheila Barrett, the first woman to announce at the BBC
By Kent DePinto
Monday, July 28 2008
Across the decades, their varying and rich contributions have ranged from the logical...
to the evangelical...
and from the humorous...
to the portentous...
Broadcasting women have been public health advocates...
sex advocates...
and advocates of common sense...
Obviously, these are just a few clips of the many available. If you're looking to dig a little deeper into the history of women in broadcasting, here are two great online resources:
The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of TV and Radio) has a decade-by-decade online database of audio and video clips of female broadcasters. Some famous clips include Fanny Brice, Linda Ellerbee and Dr. Joyce Brothers. http://www.shemadeit.org/
And at the archive of "The Mike Wallace Interview" at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, you'll find streaming video of Mary Margaret McBride, Eleanor Roosevelt and Pearl S. Buck — not to mention a sudden urge to smoke Philip Morris cigarettes. http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/film/holdings/wallace/
Sources: WNYC, Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, The Paley Center for Media
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