Mediating women: the International Council of Women and the rise of (trans)national broadcasting

Authors: Skoog, K., Badenoch, A.

Journal: Women S History Review

Publication Date: 01/01/2025

Volume: 34

Issue: 7

Pages: 1072-1092

eISSN: 1747-583X

ISSN: 0961-2025

DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2024.2415735

Abstract:

Almost from the start of radio broadcasting, the International Council of Women (ICW) took particular interest in the medium, founding a Broadcasting Committee in 1936. This article examines the organisation’s approach to radio as it emerged in the late 1920s and 1930s. It explores these developments through the identities of three women who steered the ICW’s broadcasting work: the internationalist French-American Laura Dreyfus-Barney; the Swedish journalist and women’s rights campaigner Margareta von Konow; and the ‘model fascist’ Italian mathematician Maria Castellani. It reveals the range and scope of ICW feminisms, the roles of its members as both activists and professionals, how women’s radio expertise was defined, and, finally, how radio broadcasting became a key part of ICW strategy.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39471/

Source: Scopus