I faced discrimination, but I, Mary Tyler Moore, still powered through. My television series brought up topics that no one would bring up in the seventies. My television series helped break the stereotypes of women. I was born a dancer at heart on December 29, 1936. I danced before I walked and carried that passion all the way through high school. But when I turned seventeen, I starred in my first commercial, quickly leaving behind my dancing career and beginning to start a new career, acting. Ever since my first television commercial, I have envisioned equal rights for women. I have enforced these rights by making my own television series, shutting down anti-feminism, and inspiring thousands of people across America. I am Mary Tyler Moore.
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I started my acting career playing the role of ‘Happy Hotpoint’, an elf wearing a leotard that would dance across kitchen appliances. In 1959, I landed my first television role. I played the mischievous assistant in Richard Diamond, Private Detective. In 1961 I landed the role of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show. I won two Emmys for my performance as the charming wife of Dick Van Dyke. The show ended in 1966, but I continued on my path of acting. I starred in musicals such as Thoroughly Modern Millie and Change of Habit. My husband at the time, Grant Tinker, and I co-founded Mary Tyler Moore Enterprises. We then created the most notable television show of my career, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. We created my series in 1970. The show based around life from the perspective of Mary Richards, a spunky television journalist. The big thing about Mary Richards was the countless stereotypes that she broke. I showed the world through that character that women can work in an office place, and that single women have rights too. My character brought up topics that no one would dare talk about, such as birth control, homosexuality, and women’s …show more content…
I am notable because I influenced a lot of young women to be happy with the fact that they are women. I gave hope to a mass amount of people, which is one of the many reasons I am a notable person in history as a strong feminist. I became known through playing Mary Richards, my most influential character, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which showed feminists not as crazy people who cause trouble, but as a more relatable character, and a subtle feminist. Having the show from a woman’s perspective is crucial to the show’s message. The show moved away from the domestic sphere and more toward the new society that the cast and I tried to develop. Our message caught on, and women had been as loud as ever. No matter what we faced, us women went through highs and lows, but we did it together. Like I said earlier, I was a huge activist for animal rights and juvenile diabetes research. I started my own non-profit organization with Bernadette Peters, Broadway Barks. This organization funds finding homes for homeless dogs and cats. This has always been a big deal for me. Knowing that I was funding something so special made me hopeful for animals’ safety. I was diagnosed with diabetes in my thirties, and it was a very tough experience. From injecting insulin into myself in public bathrooms, to stressfully watching my eating, it was very difficult for me. I was then diagnosed with hypoglycemia. I began to fund research for diabetes. Upon gaining
I started my acting career playing the role of ‘Happy Hotpoint’, an elf wearing a leotard that would dance across kitchen appliances. In 1959, I landed my first television role. I played the mischievous assistant in Richard Diamond, Private Detective. In 1961 I landed the role of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show. I won two Emmys for my performance as the charming wife of Dick Van Dyke. The show ended in 1966, but I continued on my path of acting. I starred in musicals such as Thoroughly Modern Millie and Change of Habit. My husband at the time, Grant Tinker, and I co-founded Mary Tyler Moore Enterprises. We then created the most notable television show of my career, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. We created my series in 1970. The show based around life from the perspective of Mary Richards, a spunky television journalist. The big thing about Mary Richards was the countless stereotypes that she broke. I showed the world through that character that women can work in an office place, and that single women have rights too. My character brought up topics that no one would dare talk about, such as birth control, homosexuality, and women’s …show more content…
I am notable because I influenced a lot of young women to be happy with the fact that they are women. I gave hope to a mass amount of people, which is one of the many reasons I am a notable person in history as a strong feminist. I became known through playing Mary Richards, my most influential character, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which showed feminists not as crazy people who cause trouble, but as a more relatable character, and a subtle feminist. Having the show from a woman’s perspective is crucial to the show’s message. The show moved away from the domestic sphere and more toward the new society that the cast and I tried to develop. Our message caught on, and women had been as loud as ever. No matter what we faced, us women went through highs and lows, but we did it together. Like I said earlier, I was a huge activist for animal rights and juvenile diabetes research. I started my own non-profit organization with Bernadette Peters, Broadway Barks. This organization funds finding homes for homeless dogs and cats. This has always been a big deal for me. Knowing that I was funding something so special made me hopeful for animals’ safety. I was diagnosed with diabetes in my thirties, and it was a very tough experience. From injecting insulin into myself in public bathrooms, to stressfully watching my eating, it was very difficult for me. I was then diagnosed with hypoglycemia. I began to fund research for diabetes. Upon gaining