History and contexts. Distinguished women in the early days of television -- The business of television after 1970 : a brief survey. The interviews. Betty Friedan -- Bonny Dore -- Marian Rees -- Marcy Carsey -- Virginia Carter -- Nancy Malone -- Suzanne De Passe -- On the line. Gayle Maffeo ; Deborah Smith ; Anne Hopkins ; Daphne Maxwell Reid -- The writer/producer. Lynn Roth ; Susan Harris -- Barbara Corday -- Dorothea Petrie -- Diane English -- Beth Sullivan -- Freyda Rothstein.