SHE'S NOBODY'S BABY: AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE 20TH CENTURY (TV)
Summary
In this documentary, Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas look back at how women's roles in life have changed throughout the twentieth century. This program contains footage of famous female figures in history including the following: Carrie Chapman Catt speaking about women's voting rights; Clara Bow in the silent movie "Hula"; Margaret Sanger talking about birth control and what it should mean to women; Margaret Mead working as an anthropologist; Josephine Baker performing in the Follies; Bessie Smith singing the blues in the only movie she ever made; Mae West singing "Sister Honky Tonk"; Shirley Temple singing "On the Good Ship Lollipop"; Amelia Earhart and her husband G.P. Putman saying goodbye to each other before one of her flights; Eleanor Roosevelt traveling around the United States during the Depression; Babe Didrikson Zaharias playing golf; Doctor M.F. Farnham putting down careers for women; Lucille Ball on "I Love Lucy" showing how she inspires generosity from her husband; Doris Day with James Garner in "The Thrill of It All," a movie about a wife who wants a career; Marlo Thomas in "That Girl"; Julia Child showing that it is permissible to make a mistake when cooking; Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer speaking about voter rights; Mary Parkman Peabody upon her release from jail for participating in a Civil Rights march; Jeannette Rankin speaking at a Vietnam War protest; Bella Abzug speaking out against the Vietnam War; Gloria Steinem giving a speech about roles in life; Barbara Jordan giving a speech at the First National Women's Conference in Houston; Erma Louise Bombeck on a talk show; Sally Field as a labor organizer in the film "Norma Rae"; and Mary Tyler Moore on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Also included is footage of the following: Theodore Roosevelt and his daughter; burlesque shows; Franklin D. Roosevelt with his wife Eleanor and their granddaughter; women involved in union strikes; World War II propaganda films "To The Ladies" and "Women of Steel"; beauty contests of the 1950's; Elvis Presley performing; and demonstrations during the Vietnam War. Other famous women referred to briefly in this documentary include: Lillian Gish, Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Rose Schneiderman, Lillian Wald, Florence Kelley, Jane Addams, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mother Jones, Zelda Fitzgerald, Ida Cox, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Jacqueline Kennedy.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: November 9, 1981 Monday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:38:53
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0699
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Beauty contests; Birth control; Feminism; Suffrage; Unions; Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - Protest movements; Women - History; Women - Social Conditions; Women - Suffrage; Women air pilots; Women entertainers; Women's rights; Women's Collection - News/Talk/Docs
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1981
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Suzanne Braun Levine … Executive Producer
- Ana Carrigan … Producer, Director
- Liesel Friedrich … Associate Producer
- Karin Lippert … Associate Producer
- Susan Dworkin … Writer
- Alan Alda … Narrator
- Marlo Thomas … Narrator
- Josephine Baker
- Lucille Ball
- Erma Louise Bombeck
- Clara Bow
- Carrie Chapman Catt
- Julia Child
- Doris Day
- Amelia Earhart
- M. F. Farnham
- Sally Field
- James Garner
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Barbara Jordan
- Margaret Mead
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Mary Parkman Peabody
- Elvis Presley
- P.G. Putnum
- Jeanette Rankin
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Margaret Sanger
- Bessie Smith
- Gloria Steinem
- Shirley Temple
- Mae West
- Zaharias, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson (See also Didrickson, Mildred "Babe")
- Jane Addams
- Theda Bara
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Ida Cox
- Bette Davis
- Lillian Gish
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- Katharine Hepburn
- Florence Kelley
- Kennedy, Jacqueline (See also: Onassis, Jacqueline)
- Marilyn Monroe
- Mother Jones (Mary Harris)
- Pola Negri
- Rose Schneiderman
- Lillian Wald