Every civilizing step in history has been ridiculed as "sentimental," "impractical," or "womanish" . . . by those whose fun, profit, or convenience was at stake.

About Joan Gilbert

Joan Gilbert (11 August 1906 – 29 January 1991) was an English television broadcaster for the BBC. She began working at the BBC as a shorthand typist in 1933 and became secretary of the radio programme In Town Tonight four months later. In 1938, Gilbert moved into television as a...