THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Sandra Elkin
October 16, 1938 – November 8, 2023
“My mission has always been to support feminism. When I started in 1972 with the television show Woman, which aired on PBS for five [years], we covered every single issue, almost everything that women were talking about at that point. We had guests that were important to the women’s movement like Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan, including women from across the country. It turned out to be an incredible history, those 200 episodes. They encapsulate the second wave of feminism in this country.”
Television talk show host. Producer and host of the pioneering PBS program Woman, a half-hour public affairs show focused on women’s issues.
More About Sandra:
- Obituary, The New York Times
- Sandra Elkin: On the precipice… Pioneering feminist Sandra Elkin, producer of the 1970’s PBS show Woman has for her life’s work examined the pivotal role women play in society. October 2020
- The Woman Series Collection consists of 197 episodes of the Woman series produced by WNED in Buffalo, New York from 1972-1977. Woman was a half-hour public affairs talk show covering issues of interest to women.
- Wikipedia page