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Description: Here's an early editorial on WMAQ Channel 5 where the topic was sexist textbooks. Billie Jean King is brought up as a counter-example after her win in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.
Featuring Assistant Editorial Director, Abby Kagen. (sp?)
Voiceover by ??
"Girls are portrayed as meek and passive..."
This aired on local Chicago TV in 1973 (likely, September 1973).
WMAQ Channel 5 - WMAQ-TV Editorial - "Sabotaging the RTA" (1973)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "ERA for Illinois" (1976)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "GOP On ERA" (1980)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial - "Street Gangs Praised" (1984)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Group W Deal" (1982)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Season's Greetings from the Smith Family" (1979)
WMAQ Channel 5 - WMAQ-TV Editorial - "Beef About It" (1973)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Parking Garage Sale" (1979)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Some Good News" (1978)
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