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For today’s Women’s History Month celebration, we want to honor the co-founder of Sesame Workshop and the creator of Sesame Street–Joan Ganz Cooney! Please join us in thanking her for her many contributions to children’s television!
Mrs. Cooney has received numerous awards, including a Daytime Emmy for Lifetime Achievement in 1989 and, in 1990, was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame and received the Founders Award from the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 1995, President Clinton awarded Mrs. Cooney the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and in 1998, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Mrs. Cooney was honored with the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s award for Distinguished Contribution to Children and Television, noting Sesame Street as being “the quintessential children’s educational program” and in 2003 she was honored with the National Endowment for the Humanities Award by President George W. Bush.
Mrs. Cooney received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona and, shortly after, began her career as a reporter in her hometown of Phoenix. From 1954 to 1962 she worked as a publicist for NBC in New York and for the U.S. Steel Hour, a highly acclaimed CBS drama series. She was an award-winning public affairs producer for New York’s WNET/Thirteen before conducting the landmark study for Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1966, entitled, “The Potential Uses of Television in Preschool Education,” which led to the founding of the Workshop.
Sesame Workshop programs, including: Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Ghostwriter, and Dragon Tales – each offering educational opportunities around science, mathematics, reading and bringing new experiences to life – have been awarded over 150 Emmys and have received scores of other honors presented here and around the world!
Mrs. Cooney served as Sesame Workshop’s President and CEO until 1990 and currently serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Workshop’s Board of Trustees. In November 2007, Mrs. Cooney introduced theJoan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, an independent research and innovation lab that focuses on the challenges of educating children in a rapidly changing media landscape.
Mrs. Cooney is presently a Director at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and a Lifetime Trustee of the Paley Center for Media, The New York Presbyterian Hospital, WNET Channel 13/Educational Broadcasting Corporation and of the National Child Labor Committee. She has also served as a member of the President’s Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties, the President’s Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, the Carnegie Foundation’s National Panel on the High School and the United Nation’s Reorientation of UN Information Activities Task Force.
Thank you, Mrs. Cooney, for everything you have given to children about the world. You are an innovator and have paved the way for kids to grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We love you!
What’s your favorite Sesame Street memory?!
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OurSesame Street: Helping collection is on sale now for a limited time! http://apple.co/1SjTKer
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Our girl characters are some of the most inspiring role models for young women and girls around the world. Together we’re using our television programs and other media outlets to promote and support young women and to help girls achieve their highest ambitions. Meet some of the girls that have changed our lives. (Top to bottom; left to right)
*Chamki is a vibrant 5-year-old who lives on Galli Galli Sim Sim in India. She has a flair for language, building her vocabulary with new words and creating clever tongue twisters. Chamki is a problem solver too, and serves as a bright and energetic role model across India! Thank you for the work you do, Chamki!
*Abby Cadabby is a sweet flying fairy who lives on Sesame Street! She loves to sing her ABC’s and 123’s with all of the new friends she meets. She especially enjoys giving hugs and sharing with her friends during play time. Abby is a helpful resource when it comes to learning about acceptance and resilience, and most recently taught us about celebrating our unique and different qualities for the Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children campaign!
*Tuktuki is on Sisimpur in Bangladesh and Baghch-e-Simsim in Afghanistan. Tuktuki comes from a low-income family and recently started attending school. She serves as an example to girls, demonstrating their potential to excel. Her role is just as important in Afghanistan where girls’ access to education is severely limited.
*Khokha lives on Alam Simsim in Egypt and never stops dreaming! She has plans of being an engineer, a doctor, and a lawyer – all at the same time! Khokha and her friends help children learn letters and numbers while working to change attitudes about girls’ education. Alam sim sim places special emphasis on the education of girls, an effort central to Egypt’s commitment to lifting the status of women!
*Raya is our 6-year-old global health ambassador and our key WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) advocate. Raya’s work in India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Zambia is critical to the advancement of a young girl’s life. Health and hygiene disproportionately affects girls’ well-being and can keep them out of school. Raya’s goal is to teach everyone about the importance of proper hand washing practices, latrine use, and so much more! She’s a wealth of knowledge and dedicated to her cause.
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Sesame Street for Military Families: Transitions launched today! We are please to provide free resources to veteran families, in order to help them make the transition from active duty back to civilian life. To find these resources, learn more, or join the adventure - visit sesamestreet.org/veterans.
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Super Grover wants YOU to have a super Wednesday! Super Grover wants YOU to have a super Wednesday!
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