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Author Cassidy, Marsha Francis, 1946-

Title What women watched : daytime television in the 1950s / Marsha F. Cassidy.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN1992.8.W65 C37 2005    Available  ---
Description x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 10
Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.
Contents Introduction: Daytime television in the rra of the feminine mystique, 1948-1960 -- The dawn of daytime: reaching out to women across America -- Kate Smith: remembering the future -- The charm boys woo the audience: Garry Moore, Arthur Godfrey, and Art Linkletter -- Misery loves company: Strike it rich, Glamour girl, and the critics -- Domesticity in doubt: Arlene Francis and Home -- Matinee theater and the question of soap opera -- At a loss for words: Queen for a day, It could be you, Who do you trust?, and The big payoff -- Visions of femininity.
Subject Women's television programs -- United States -- History.
Women's television programs.
United States.
History.
Television and women -- United States -- History.
Television and women.
ISBN 0292706278 paperback alkaline paper
029270626X cloth alkaline paper