October 12, 2025Open Access

Defending the WAC: recovering the invisible women of the BBC

Key Points

The project aims to recover the stories of women at the BBC, focusing on their historical contributions and representation.
Key insights are drawn from visits to the BBC's Written Archives Centre, where valuable information about women's roles is found.
The research is anchored in a historical investigation of women's representation at the BBC, aiming to emphasize diversity within its past.
The project reflects broader efforts to recognize and highlight the important roles that women played in broadcasting history.

Abstract

Margery Wace in 1935. With kind permission of Cecilia Johnson. My first visit to the BBC's Written Archives Centre was in 2002. I was working as a producer on Woman's Hour and had applied for a three-month attachment to what was then the Diversity Centre, to research and write a history of women at the BBC.

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Kate Murphy (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68eb8fe250220ac955d94a3a https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.59350/syhha-e7v21

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