Producing Feminism, Television Work in the Age of Women's Liberation

Author

Clark; Jennifer S.

Year

2024

Publisher

University of California Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-52039-930-3

Link

Last Update

08-Jun-2025

Keywords

Communication Studies ; Gender Studies ; Feminist & Women's Studies ; Labor & Employment Relations ; History ; American Studies

Description

In December 1971, production assistant Carolyn Wean wrote a memo to express her frustration about the workspace at For Women Today (1970–75), a locally produced show that aired on Boston’s WBZ-TV. In the memo, Wean reported to the station’s executive producer of programming and to the general services director that the “disappearance of things from the F[or] W[omen] T[oday] office continues” and requested that steps be taken to “insure that this stops.”¹ Wean noted that in the previous week half a dozen books purchased for show research had gone missing and insisted that the station provide secure storage for...