If interested in changing attitudes to motherhood, radio as health comms, women's voices & medic's expanding responsibilities, my new article explores “Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: Postnatal Depression Narratives, Treatment and Reception on BBC Radio, 1946–85
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“Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: postnatal depression narratives, treatment and reception on BBC radio, 1946–1985
Launched in 1946, Woman’s Hour became one of Britain’s first women-organised radio programmes, predominantly targeting mothers. In 1960, Woman’s Hour transmitted the first mass media broadcast on “...
