Karl Genus William A. Graham H. Wesley Kenney George Lefferts Seymour Robbie Lela Swift
Composer
Michael Hennigan
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
3
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
1960 (1960) – 1965 (1965)
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Special for Women (also known as Purex Specials for Women) is an American daytime drama/documentary TV series that ran on NBC from 1960 to 1965, and also aired in England, Canada and Australia.[1] The show dramatised problems faced by everyday women such as menopause, sexual dysfunction and the feminine beauty ideal, followed by a discussion of that episode's topic with a panel of experts.[2]
The screenplays, mostly written by George Lefferts, were based on hundreds of hours of interviews with real women, social workers and mental health professionals.[3][4] Lefferts told the Chillicothe Gazette:
All the women I spoke to weren't in the least reticent about giving me the story of their lives. Most people don't have anyone to talk to, I think. After the war, there was a basic revision of woman's role and a social lag in our attitudes hasn't caught up with it... And there is a groundswell of female opinion against the idea that the wife, after being educated for a career, belongs in the home... We have tried to present the attitudes and emotions as well as the facts. Here we try to capture the essence of reality.[5]
The show's first season of eight episodes aired from 1960 to 1961. A second and third season of three episodes each followed in 1962 and 1964–65. Special for Women dealt with increasingly controversial topics as it went on, including the abuse and molestation of children. Dinah Shore provided narration for Season 3.[6]
^Smith, Cecil (10 August 1962). "The Man Behind Women's Specials". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^Gill, Alan (16 January 1962). "Television and Radio: Women, and What Ails Them". The Marion Star. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^Gardella, Kay (14 March 1962). "On Subjects About Women, Lefferts Rates as Expert". Daily News (NY). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^Rahn, Pete (13 October 1960). "'Cold Woman' Subject to Day 'Special'". St. Louis Globe Democrat. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^Crosby, John (14 April 1962). "Real Life". Chilicothe Gazette. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^Smith, Cecil (11 October 1964). "Dinah by day and by night". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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