On this day in 1927, Agnes Nixon, the creator of the long-running television soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children and the woman credited with introducing social issues into soaps, is born in Chicago. Soap operas originated in the 1930s as short radio programs, and got their name from the fact that soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive frequently served as sponsors. In the early 1950s, soap operas moved to TV and aired during the day, when they were watched primarily by housewives. After graduating from Northwestern University, Agnes Nixon worked during the 1950s and 1960s as a writer for such soaps as Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns, Another World and The Guiding Light, TV’s longest-running soap, which began as a radio show in the 1930s and was later known simply as Guiding Light.
On this day in 1927, Agnes Nixon, the
ReplyDeletecreator of the long-running television
soap operas One Life to Live and All My
Children and the woman credited with
introducing social issues into soaps, is
born in Chicago. Soap operas originated in the 1930s as short radio programs, and got their
name from the fact that soap
manufacturers such as Procter &
Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive
frequently served as sponsors. In the
early 1950s, soap operas moved to TV and aired during the day, when they
were watched primarily by
housewives. After graduating from
Northwestern University, Agnes Nixon
worked during the 1950s and 1960s as a writer for such soaps as Search for
Tomorrow, As the World Turns,
Another World and The Guiding Light,
TV’s longest-running soap, which
began as a radio show in the 1930s
and was later known simply as Guiding Light.