In the third of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker celebrates some of the female producers and directors working in Australian television in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Kay Roberts began working at Artransa in 1956, initially as a casting director and script assistant on commercials, but soon graduated to directing documentaries and drama

Artransa cast and crew shooting a television commercial, including left to right: Kay Roberts, Alex Ezzard (director), Bren Brown (camera), George Lowe (with light meter), Harry Griffith (agent).

Beverley Gledhill talking about The Inventors. Taken from an oral history interview conducted by Brendan Horgan, 2000.

This silent filmed tour of NWS9 in Adelaide from 1969 shows women performing a range of secretarial and technical jobs, including film editing.

Donated by John Hatcher.

In her interview with Brendan Horgan in 2002, Coralie Condon recalls producing TVW7’s first variety show, Spotlight, on a shoestring budget.

Jen Ward on the roof of ATN-7’s news cruiser.

In the first of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker looks at the vital – and often unrecognised – role that women played in bringing the first Australian TV programs to air.

In the second of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker shares stories of some of the women who excelled in technical production areas during the early years of Australian television.

A look back at the portrayal of women and men as homemakers and breadwinners in cinema advertising from the 1940s.