A Necessary Medium: The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Media Portrayal of the Second Wave Feminist Era
Fuselier, Kathryn
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2016
Abstract
While lauded, at first glance, for being a wholeheartedly feminist and progressive television show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show struck a balance between progressive second-wave feminism and traditional family values that allowed it to become popular and ultimately influential in modernizing the American public's view on women's equality.