> Mary Ahern     > Annette Bachner     > Barbara Claman     > Marion Dougherty     > Phyllis Adams Jenkins     > Rhoda Mann-Winkler     > Virginia Raymond     > Lynn Sackler     > Barbara Schultz     > Lela Swift     > Ellen M. Violett   > E-mail this page Phyllis Adams started life as a Manhattan debutante, but showed her maverick nature by traveling war-torn Europe in a USO tour of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit before covering the Nuremberg Trials as a reporter. Back in New York City in the 1950’s she got press as the “Girl Producer” on the first serious issue-oriented programs directed at women. Adams was the producer of Home, What’s the Problem, Author Meets the Critics, and many of Arlene Francis’ programs. Believing that women were not interested merely in how to arrange flowers for the dinner table, Adams at one point risked losing her job by putting Margaret Sanger, founder of the American birth control movement, on television. Phyllis Adams Jenkis died on February 26, 2004 in Santa Monica, CA at the age of 80. Click here for a detailed obituary in the New York Sun. More Women >                     Home  |  Contact Us  |  Newsletter Sign-up  |  Donate News & Events  |  The Documentary  |  The Women  |  The Filmmakers  |  View a Video Clip ©2003 - 2009 Finca Blanca Media, LLC All rights reserved.