Historical Women on Television

Portrayals of 120 Notable Figures in Scripted Programs

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by Karen A. Romanko

Type: Encyclopedias
Subject: Actor
Keywords: TV Series, women
Publishing date: 2025 (September 04, 2025)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 222 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-8144-3

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Book Presentation:
Queen Victoria in Bewitched. Harriet Tubman in Timeless. Amelia Earhart in Star Trek: Voyager. Historical women appear regularly in televised period dramas and biopics, but sometimes they also turn up in the strangest places, transported to worlds future or past via space operas, sitcoms, and time-travel series. This book covers 120 historical women on scripted television, shining a light on the representation of women in history through their representation on the small screen. The inspiring, fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking stories of these women come to life in this book's entries, which sort fact from televised fiction but also serve as a starting point for further investigation by TV fans, history buffs, students, teachers, and scholars.

About the Author:
Karen A. Romanko has been a published author for over 35 years, with books, articles, poems, and short stories among her many credits. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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