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Frieda Barkin Hennock

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Frieda Barkin Hennock · Civil Rights & Human Rights

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In 1948, Frieda Barkin Hennock became the first woman appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , where she became the champion of noncommercial educational television.

When

27 September 1904

Biography

Frieda Barkin Hennock is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — In 1948, Frieda Barkin Hennock became the first woman appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , where she became the champion of noncommercial educational television.

How & why

In 1948, Frieda Barkin Hennock became the first woman appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , where she became the champion of noncommercial educational television. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Henry Morgenthau, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Henry Morgenthau

Contributions & Sources

In 1948, Frieda Barkin Hennock became the first woman appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , where she became the champion of noncommercial educational television.

1904

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Henry Morgenthau