The first women stand-up comics broke down barriers and paved the way for a multitude of women who followed them. It wasn’t an easy path, but a few women defied
“In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy” by Shawn Levy (Doubleday) The first women stand-up comics broke down barriers and paved the way for a multitude of women who followed them. But it wasn’t an easy path. Not only did they have to defy the conventional wisdom that women shouldn’t work at…
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Author Shawn Levy revives a lost history of stand-up comedy, giving jaw-dropping insight into the barriers the first female comics broke with laughter.