Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie : The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR (Hardcover)

from muddyboy

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...

from ecataldi

Prior to reading this book I didn't know anything about the history of NPR or its founding mothers. I don't religiously listen to NPR but I really love the morning edition and other segments that I catch on my days off (I always have an audiobook going in my car so I can't listen there). NPR is e...

from hemlokgang

This book chronicles the birth and progression of NPR, and thereby also chronicles the careers of the "founding mothers of NPR". Chronicling these four careers is unavoidably a history of the women's movement as well.. I thoroughly enjoyed the stories of these women whose personal and professiona...

from brangwinn

If you're a fan of NPR you'll want to read this “group” biography of the founding mothers. These four trailblazers were radical, but they paved the way for women to be working mothers. They fought the sexism for many of us who followed.

from Helen

Well written. It's a pleasure to read. No sugar coating of the difficulties that they (and all women) had in the 60s and 70s finding their place in the work world.