Women and American Television: An Encyclopedia

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Summary: A core addition to television history collections.
Review: Women And American Television: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference of more than 400 entries on the individuals, programs, media innovations, and broad topics concerning women's involvement in front of, and behind, the television camera. The A to Z format covers specific individuals, television programs, and entities from Gracie Allen to Alley McBeal, Penny Marshall to Jane Pauley, Lucille Ball to Mary Tyler Moore, Our Miss Brooks to Oprah Winfrey. Women And American Television is enhanced with numerous sidebar articles on a range of topics including Asian Women, Buddy Characters, Fifties Moms, Older Women on Television, Rural Women, Screwball Wives, and more. Women And American Television covers the more obscure personalities and programs omitted from lesser television encyclopedias and includes a substantial bibliography, several appendixes, and a comprehensive subject index. Women And American Television is an essential, core addition to any personal, academic, public or professional library television history and reference collection.