Picture No | 12025825 |
Date | 1933 |
Description | Mrs Giles Borrett, first female BBC radio announcer |
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Mrs Giles Borrett (her stage name as an actress was Sheila Stewart), first female BBC radio announcer. She had a three-month trial, and received good notices, but her contract was terminated, probably because of prejudice against a female voice on the radio, and the fact that she was a married woman.
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Source | Photograph in The Sketch, 9 August 1933, p238 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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