The First Lady Of Radio

Author : Stephen Smith
Publisher : New Press, The
ISBN 13 : 162097049X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Lady of Radio written by Stephen Smith and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the afternoon of December 7, 1941, as a stunned nation gathered around the radio to hear the latest about Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt was preparing for her weekly Sunday evening national radio program. At 6:45pm, listeners to the NBC Blue network heard the First Lady’s calm, measured voice explain that the president was conferring with his top advisors to address the crisis. It was a remarkable broadcast. With America on the verge of war, the nation heard first not from their president, but from his wife. Eleanor Roosevelt's groundbreaking career as a professional radio broadcaster is almost entirely forgotten. As First Lady, she hosted a series of prime time programs that revolutionized how Americans related to their chief executive and his family. Now, The First Lady of Radio rescues these broadcasts from the archives, presenting a carefully curated sampling of transcripts of Roosevelt's most famous and influential radio shows, edited and set into context by award-winning author and radio producer Stephen Drury Smith. With a foreword by Roosevelt's famed biographer, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook, The First Lady of Radio is both a historical treasure and a fascinating window onto the power and the influence of a pioneering First Lady.

Author : Stephen Drury Smith
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620970589
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Lady of Radio written by Stephen Drury Smith and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This anthology of 38 addresses . . . offer[s] a means for visiting anew the lifework of an extraordinary American woman” (HistoryNet). A tie-in to the American RadioWorks® documentary—with audio and video content. Eleanor Roosevelt’s groundbreaking career as a professional radio broadcaster is almost entirely forgotten. As First Lady, she hosted a series of prime time programs that revolutionized how Americans related to their chief executive and his family. Now, The First Lady of Radio rescues these broadcasts from the archives, presenting a carefully curated sampling of transcripts of Roosevelt’s most famous and influential radio shows, including addresses on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, D-Day, V-E Day, and women’s issues of the times. Edited and set into context by award-winning author and radio producer Stephen Drury Smith—and with a foreword by Roosevelt’s famed biographer, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook—The First Lady of Radio is both a historical treasure and a fascinating window onto the power and the influence of a pioneering First Lady. “An intriguing glimpse into the social and political changes of the period.” —Publishers Weekly “[Eleanor Roosevelt] was terrified of speaking in public at first, and her high-pitched voice could sail off uncontrollably. Yet she became one of the most effective speakers of her time.” —David McCullough

Author : Susan Ware
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674014886
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notable American Women written by Susan Ware and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest volume brings the project up to date, with entries on almost 500 women whose death dates fall between 1976 and 1999. You will find here stars of the golden ages of radio, film, dance, and television; scientists and scholars; civil rights activists and religious leaders; Native American craftspeople and world-renowned artists. For each subject, the volume offers a biographical essay by a distinguished authority that integrates the woman's personal life with her professional achievements set in the context of larger historical developments.

Author : John B. Roberts
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806523873
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rating the First Ladies written by John B. Roberts and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the parts played by the wives and other relatives who filled the role of first lady, and describes how they profoundly impacted each president's administration and political fate.

Author : Shannon McKenna Schmidt
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728256631
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Lady of World War II written by Shannon McKenna Schmidt and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific Theater during World War II. On August 27, 1943, news broke in the United States that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A closely guarded secret, she had left San Francisco aboard a military transport plane headed for the South Pacific to support and report the troops on WW2's front lines. Americans had believed she was secluded at home. As Allied forces battled the Japanese for control of the region, Eleanor was there on the frontlines, spending five weeks traveling, on a mission as First Lady of the United States to experience what our servicemen were experiencing... and report back home. "The most remarkable journey any president's wife has ever made." —Washington Times-Herald, September 28, 1943 "Mrs. Roosevelt's sudden appearance in New Zealand well deserves the attention it is receiving. This is the farthest and most unexpected junket of a First Lady whose love of getting about is legendary." —Detroit Free Press, August 28, 1943 "By a happy chance for Australia, this famous lady's taste for getting about, her habit of seeing for herself what is going on in the world, and, most of all, her deep concern for the welfare of the fighting men of her beloved country, have brought her on the longest journey of them all—across the wide, war-clouded Pacific." —Sydney Morning Herald, September 4, 1943 "No other U.S. mother had seen so much of the panorama of the war, had been closer to the sweat and boredom, the suffering." —Time, October 4, 1943

Author : Samantha Barbas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520249852
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Lady of Hollywood written by Samantha Barbas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loved by fans for her "just folks," small-town image, Parsons became notorious within the film industry for her involvement in the suppression of the 1941 film Citizen Kane and her use of blackmail in service of Hearst's political and personal agendas. As she traces Parsons's life and career, Samantha Barbas situates Parson's experiences within the broader trajectory of Hollywood history, charting the rise of the star system and the complex interactions of publicity, journalism, and movie-making. The First Lady of Hollywood is both a chronicle of one of the most powerful women in American journalism and film and a penetrating analysis of celebrity culture and Hollywood power politics."--Jacket.

Author : Maurine Hoffman Beasley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eleanor Roosevelt written by Maurine Hoffman Beasley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt's time in the White House. The author, a scholar with extensive knowledge of Eleanor's life and times, provides a detailed examination of the innovative first lady that will enlighten those who think they already know her.

Author : Dorothy Schneider
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143810815X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Ladies written by Dorothy Schneider and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of chronologically arranged entries of America's first ladies, from Martha Washington, to Laura Bush, and includes brief biographical information, as well as explaining their roles and responsibilities in the White House.

Author : Michael C. Keith
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820486482
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radio Cultures written by Michael C. Keith and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Radio Cultures examines the manifold ways in which radio has influenced the nation's social and cultural environment since its inception nearly a century ago. Written by leading scholars in the field, chapters address a wide range of topics, including how this powerful medium has impacted and affected non-mainstream segments of the population throughout its history and how these repressed and neglected groups have employed radio to counter and overcome discrimination and bias. The use of the audio medium for political, economic, and religious purposes is comprehensively probed and analyzed in this insightful and innovative volume."--Back cover.

Author : Lewis L. Gould
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000525600
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American First Ladies written by Lewis L. Gould and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An historical survey of the impact of individual First Ladies' impact on America and the American woman. A selection of each woman's own writings is given along with a commentary on her influence, and a biography of her life, and the narrative covers all the presidents' wives from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton.