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Alas, how quickly they forget
Molly Goldberg was the leading character of "The Goldbergs," one of the longest-running radio serials, and later one of the most popular TV series of the late forties/early fifties. She was a no-nonsense Jewish housewife who ran her family with an iron hand -- keeping everyone, including her husband and her uncle, firmly in line. She was created, and played, by Gertrude Berg -- who for nearly twenty years was one of the most powerful women in broadcasting, running the show with that same iron hand.
But, as we all know from snarky internet blogs, women before 1960 were all dithering little fools who couldn't balance a budget, and always jumped up on a stool and squealed when a mouse ran across the floor.
Molly Goldberg was the leading character of "The Goldbergs," one of the longest-running radio serials, and later one of the most popular TV series of the late forties/early fifties. She was a no-nonsense Jewish housewife who ran her family with an iron hand -- keeping everyone, including her husband and her uncle, firmly in line. She was created, and played, by Gertrude Berg -- who for nearly twenty years was one of the most powerful women in broadcasting, running the show with that same iron hand.
But, as we all know from snarky internet blogs, women before 1960 were all dithering little fools who couldn't balance a budget, and always jumped up on a stool and squealed when a mouse ran across the floor.