14 Facts About Janet Quigley

Janet Muriel Alexander Quigley MBE was a British radio broadcaster associated with the Today programme and Woman's Hour.

Janet Quigley went to college in Oxford, England, at Lady Margaret Hall.

Janet Quigley joined the BBC in 1930 and she was responsible for "talks" aimed at women.

Janet Quigley was the fourth woman in this role since the first women's talk in 1923.

Janet Quigley was given an MBE for her work organising talks on the radio during the war.

Janet Quigley contacted Clemence Dane and asked her to contribute to her Sunday morning series, which she did, and later Quigley invited her on Woman's Hour.

Janet Quigley contacted Donald Winnicott who had worked with Clare Britton, a psychiatric social worker treating children who had become evacuees.

Janet Quigley left the BBC in 1945 to marry Kevin Fitzgerald who gave talks for the BBC as well as being an Irish businessman and thriller writer.

Janet Quigley believed that "hush-hush" subjects should be discussed openly as an example to the "less educated" to show that they were not taboo.

However, memos involving Janet Quigley show that she did lead a campaign against the popular children's author, Enid Blyton, talking on Woman's Hour despite requests to appear from her and BBC listeners since 1938.

Janet Quigley resisted requests from her own producers and asked the BBC Schools department to review her policy.

Janet Quigley joined BBC management in 1956 and she and Isa Benzie played a key role in the launch of Today, which was then broadcast on the BBC Home Service.

Janet Quigley took a key role in launching the world's first national radio programme for blind people which was named In Touch.

Janet Quigley retired from the BBC in 1962 but she continued to do work for Woman's Hour.