During the early days of the Cold War, many prominent women were listed as communists or fellow travellers in the American anti-communist publication Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television in June 1950. As a result of being listed in the pages of this volume, many of these 41 women found it difficult to find employment in media industries.
List Stella Adler: Actress, director Edith Atwater: Actress Vera Caspary: Writer, novelist Mady Christians: Actress; council member, Actors' Equity Association Louise Fitch: Actress Ruth Gordon: Actress, writer Shirley Graham: Musician; writer; founding member of Sojourners for Truth and Justice Uta Hagen: Actress, teacher Lillian Hellman: Playwright, author Rose Hobart: Actress; board member, Screen Actors' Guild Judy Holliday: Actress Lena Horne: Singer, actress Marsha Hunt: Actress Donna Keath: Actress Pert Kelton: Actress Adelaide Klein: Actress Gypsy Rose Lee: Burlesque artist; quiz show host; recording secretary American Guild of Variety Artists Madeline Lee: Actress, social activist Ray Lev: Concert pianist Ella Logan: Singer Aline MacMahon: Actress Margo, sometimes known as Margo Albert: Actress, dancer Jean Muir: Actress Meg Mundy: Actress Dorothy Parker: Writer; co-founder Hollywood Anti-Nazi League Minerva Pious: Actress Anne Revere: Actress; secretary, Screen Actors Guild Selena Royle: Actress Hazel Scott: Musician, actress Lisa Sergio: Radio commentator Ann Shepherd: Actress Gale Sondergaard: Actress Hester Sondergaard: Actress Helen Tamiris: Choreographer Betty Todd: Director; secretary, Radio and Television Directors Guild Hilda Vaughn: Actress Fredi Washington: Actress; journalist, The People's Voice; secretary, Negro Actors Guild of America Margaret Webster: Author, director, producer Ireene Wicker: Radio show host Betty Winkler: Actress Lesley Woods: Actress Adelaide Bean: Actress
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