Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production

Winner of the 2018 Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)

Histories of women in Hollywood usually recount the contributions of female directors, screenwriters, designers, actresses, and other creative personnel whose names loom large in the credits. Yet, from its inception, the American film industry relied on the labor of thousands more women, workers whose vital contributions often went unrecognized.

Never Done introduces generations of women who w...