Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Joan G. Cooney, fully Joan Ganz Cooney
American Television Producer, her study stimulated the creation of Sesame Street to educate under-served preschoolers, Created The Cooney Center for literacy development for diverse learners and how emerging media can help children learn
"Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society."
"There is a young and impresionable mind out there that is hungry for information. It has latched on to an electronic tube as its main source of nourishment."
"What always puzzles me is why parents aren't more alarmed about the impact of television content, and why they don't make their concerns felt, but they don't."