Please join New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong in The Locher Room for An Author's Afternoon. Jennifer tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know in her new book, When Women Invented Television.

Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first Black person to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture.

Jennifer has written seven pop culture history books, including Seinfeldia; When Women Invented Television; Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted; and Sex and the City and Us. Her work appears in many publications, including BBC Culture, The New York Times Book Review, Vice, New York magazine, and Billboard.

Please join Jennifer and I as we spend the hour looking back at the incredible impact women had on television.