Abstract
This paper summarizes a qualitative research project exploring the impact of the first feminist television character, Cathy Gale, of the 1962-64 British television program, The Avengers. Contemporaneous British women viewers reveal how Gale’s character helped them reject traditional roles, incorporate the character’s strengths, and seek out other feminist role models.
Keywords
Feminist, television, Avengers, adult learning, transformational
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Recommended Citation
Wright, R. R.
(2006).
A Different Definition of “Boob-Tube”: What Dr. Catherine Gale, of The Avengers, Taught Women.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2006/papers/77
A Different Definition of “Boob-Tube”: What Dr. Catherine Gale, of The Avengers, Taught Women
This paper summarizes a qualitative research project exploring the impact of the first feminist television character, Cathy Gale, of the 1962-64 British television program, The Avengers. Contemporaneous British women viewers reveal how Gale’s character helped them reject traditional roles, incorporate the character’s strengths, and seek out other feminist role models.
