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Podcast: Slate Gender and Society
Episode: One Year: 1955 - The Weather Girls
Description: In the early days of television, women struggled to find their place. In 1955, they got it: forecasting the weather, on stations all across the country. But as these âweather girlsâ transformed the airwaves, a group of powerful men hatched a planâone that had the potential to push women weathercasters off the air forever.Josh Levin is One Yearâs editorial director. One Yearâs senior producer is Evan Chung.This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad. It was...