Charren

As a mother of two young daughters in the 1960s, Charren noticed that there were few appealing television programs for kids.

Women Who Dared - Biography Peggy Charren 2010

For her work on behalf of children's television, Charren received the Trustees Award of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, as well as a Peabody Award.

Women Who Dared - Biography Peggy Charren 2010

Charren served on the board of the Jewish Women's Archive from 1996 to 2000, an association that helped her reconnect with her Jewish identity.

Women Who Dared - Biography Peggy Charren 2010

Charren's uncle, Sidney Buchman, was a Hollywood writer who was blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings; the spectre of McCarthyism scared Charren and helped forge her lifetime commitment to free speech and First Amendment rights.

Women Who Dared - Biography Peggy Charren 2010

Prior to founding ACT in 1968, Charren was director of the Creative Arts Council of Newton, Massachusetts.

Peggy Charren. 2009

The good news, says Charren, is that programming for very young children has never been better.

The Magnetic Tube 2008

One day I will get to meet Charren face-to-face, and after I chew her ass out for her actions, I may just *bitchslap* her face.

Four Decades of Fridays… part one | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

Thank you, Charren, and, Phil Kloer, thank you very much for you time this morning.

CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2001 2001

Peggy Charren sounded the alarm; Joan Ganz Cooney developed an alternative.

President Remarks In Medal Of Freedom Presentation ITY National Archives 1995

While Peggy Charren forced television to change its ways from the outside, Joan Ganz Cooney did the same thing from the inside.

President Remarks In Medal Of Freedom Presentation ITY National Archives 1995