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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Disappointing. Felt very superficial as if the author had never actually talked to any of subjects. The most engaging portion was the second half talking about NPR itself and how it survived its financial crisis in the mid-eighties (the subjects were only peripherally involved). It was also odd how many pages were devoted to discussing their parents, dating and marriage histories given the subject where breaking the broadcasting glass ceiling. ( ) This is both a group biography of the four woman, Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts who were at the creation of NPR radio and covered decades of world and American news. It is also the story of how women fought sexism to earn their rightful place in the working world and the story of friendship and women helping one another to succeed. It’s hard to believe that so much has changed in fifty years, but I’m awfully glad that it did. I've long enjoyed listening to NPR and also enjoyed reading this look at the "founding mothers" of NPR, namely Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts. This was a very informative book as to how these women got their start in the business. The author tied their stories in well with the times and efforts to advance womens' equality. My only gripe is that this book seemed to jump around quite a bit. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it and would recommend it. (I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via Net Galley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.) These are the stories of some early women pioneers in the radio business, more specifically the infancy of NPR. We get short biographies of their upbringing and their larger evolution to become influential women in the media world. Cokie Roberts will eventually become the most recognizable in the group especially because of her roll as a panelist on This Week on ABC. These are important words to hear on women's struggle for equality but also anyone who listen to NPR should want to read about the history of NPR over the years. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the "women's pages." But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges. Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli's captivating account of these four women, their deep and enduring friendships, and the trail they blazed to becoming icons. They had radically different stories. Cokie Roberts was born into a political dynasty, roamed the halls of Congress as a child, and felt a tug toward public service. Susan Stamberg, who had lived in India with her husband who worked for the State Department, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and pressed for accommodations to balance work and home life. Linda Wertheimer, the daughter of shopkeepers in New Mexico, fought her way to a scholarship and a spot on-air. And Nina Totenberg, the network's legal affairs correspondent, invented a new way to cover the Supreme Court. Based on extensive interviews and calling on the author's deep connections in news and public radio, Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie will be as beguiling and sharp as its formidable subjects. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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