The Power of Women

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The Power of Women
Starring Vivien Kellems (host)
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network DuMont
Original releaseJuly 1 (1952-07-01) 
November 11, 1952 (1952-11-11)

The Power of Women was an early American television program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The series ran from July to November of 1952. This thirty-minute-long series was a public affairs program originally hosted by Vivien Kellems. Kellems would leave partway through the series' run. [1]

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The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Mondays at 8pm ET on most DuMont affiliates. The series was cancelled in November 1952, replaced by popular quiz show Twenty Questions .

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References

  1. McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN   0-14-024916-8.

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