Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney was interviewed for four-and-a-half hours in New York, NY.  Ms. Cooney talked about her early involvement in public television where she worked as a producer for WNET.  She also discussed the creation of Children's Television Workshop (CTW), and the academic hurdles she overcame in 1969 to create and produce the internationally successful Sesame Street.  She also talked about other CTW programs like the hugely successful Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact , and Square One TV, among others.  The interview was conducted by Shirley Wershba on April 27, 1998.