Welcome to Advanced TV Herstory, the podcast that connects the dots of TV and feminism and American politics and culture. We tell the stories of women in TV who have had a profound impact on the confidence and aspirations of generations of girls and women.
Hosted and produced by television scholar Cynthia Bemis Abrams, Advanced TV Herstory is more than just a podcast. It is a research-based examination of the evolution of television and women in our society. Each episode is an opportunity to inspire listeners to believe in themselves, challenge norms, break barriers, and shape the future of television and our world.
In highlighting actors, leaders, and events that challenged societal norms, Cynthia provides historical context that helps it all make sense. Cynthia is committed to ensuring that the struggles, triumphs, and milestones of these women are not lost to history.
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The topic of Hollywood Blacklisting has recently added a chapter - the impact it had on the budding TV industry, and more specifically, women. Researched and backed by FBI files of author/scholar Dr. Carol Stabile (University of Oregon), this 4 episode series mentions names of talented women whose careers were maliciously ruined with the publication of Red Channels.
Stabile delivers quotes, right from FBI files she's requested for more than a decade, that assert that many of the charges and allegations that smeared these progressive women were unfounded or made up.
You’ll also hear from another author and scholar, Dr. Charlene Regester. In episode 3, listen in on our frank conversation about how racism, Jim Crow laws and segregation further changed the course of early TV.
Carol Stabile Broadcast41.com
Lillian Hellman on Dick Cavett 1973
Lillian Hellman's letter, read by Liza Minnelli (1:09.00-1:12.00 of rare video of the 1974 telecast of the 1972 Off Broadway stage production in which actors portrayed blacklisted people from the entertainment world during the House Un-American Activities Committee proceedings).
Ellen Schrecker (1999) Many Are The Crimes
Charlene Regester (2010) African-American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility 1900-1960
Regester on North Carolina PBS