‘New and important careers’: how women excelled at the BBC, 1923–1939
Authors: Murphy, K.
Journal: Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture and Policy: quarterly journal of media research and resources
Volume: 161
Issue: 1
Pages: 18-27
Publisher: SAGE Publications (UK and US)
ISSN: 1329-878X
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X16664998
Abstract:From its beginnings in 1923, the BBC employed a sizeable female workforce. The majority were in support roles as typists, secretaries and clerks but, during the 1920s and 1930s, a significant number held important posts. As a modern industry, the BBC took a largely progressive approach towards the ‘career women’ on its staff, many of whom were in jobs that were developed specifically for the new medium of broadcasting. Women worked as drama producers, advertising representatives and Children’s Hour Organisers. They were talent spotters, press officers and documentary makers. Three women attained Director status while others held significant administrative positions. This article considers in what ways it was the modernity and novelty of broadcasting, combined with changing employment possibilities and attitudes towards women evident after the First World War, that combined to create the conditions in which they could excel.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37421/
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‘New and important careers’: how women excelled at the BBC, 1923–1939
Authors: Murphy, K.
Journal: Media International Australia
Volume: 161
Issue: 1
Pages: 18-27
Publisher: SAGE Publications (UK and US)
ISSN: 1329-878X
Abstract:From its beginnings in 1923, the BBC employed a sizeable female workforce. The majority were in support roles as typists, secretaries and clerks but, during the 1920s and 1930s, a significant number held important posts. As a modern industry, the BBC took a largely progressive approach towards the ‘career women’ on its staff, many of whom were in jobs that were developed specifically for the new medium of broadcasting. Women worked as drama producers, advertising representatives and Children’s Hour Organisers. They were talent spotters, press officers and documentary makers. Three women attained Director status while others held significant administrative positions. This article considers in what ways it was the modernity and novelty of broadcasting, combined with changing employment possibilities and attitudes towards women evident after the First World War, that combined to create the conditions in which they could excel.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37421/
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