Iconic comedian and actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80 — but not without leaving behind a significant legacy, particularly when it comes to how women are portrayed on television.
When Moore’s eponymous show premiered in 1970, television was dominated by images of women as wives and mothers (with the odd witch or genie — though as housewife and captive, respectively — thrown in the mix). But the Mary Tyler Moore Show‘s Mary Richards wasn’t married, nor was she a mother. She was single at 30 after the end of a long-term relationship; moved to Minneapolis on her own...
When Moore’s eponymous show premiered in 1970, television was dominated by images of women as wives and mothers (with the odd witch or genie — though as housewife and captive, respectively — thrown in the mix). But the Mary Tyler Moore Show‘s Mary Richards wasn’t married, nor was she a mother. She was single at 30 after the end of a long-term relationship; moved to Minneapolis on her own...
- 1/25/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
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