It is rewarding to acknowledge that women paved the way for television as we know it today! In addition to being in front of the camera as actresses, they ran production studios, innovated with new types of programming, and set the stage for the television industry.
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A recent article on Dorothea Lange with her signature photo of “Migrant Mother” prompted us to write this month’s enewsletter on two women photographers: Frances Benjamin Johnston and Dorothea Lange.
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Perhaps it will not surprise you if we add composing music to the list of traditionally male-dominated fields. The women composers whom we know through history persevered against tremendous odds and discrimination, in order to actually compose and then have their music performed and known to the general public.
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As in every other field of endeavor, television also has its women pioneers. Characters on television, particularly women characters, evolved as society evolved.
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Would you consider composing music to be a traditionally men’s field? Surprisingly, over the centuries it has been difficult for women to succeed in this male-dominated field. Not that women didn’t have the ability or passion for this endeavor. This month we feature two dedicated women composers: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach and Florence Beatrice Smith Price.
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Two feature films have been released in recent months telling the stories of the lives of historical women – Judy and Harriet – about Judy Garland and Harriet Tubman, respectively. In addition, a documentary has qualified for Oscar consideration of another historical women – Marilyn Van Derbur Atler – an incest survivor whose documentary is titled Miss America by Day.
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