Virginia Schone

Virginia Schone (b. 1924)Birth announcement — McAlester News-Capital, January 4, 1924 served as a writer and author of educational materials who was part of the early development of Sesame Street. During the process of choosing a name for the program, she presented a list of titles compiled from daycare sessions, and Sesame Street was the one selected.Davis, Michael. Street Gang. p. 156 Schone shared in an Emmy Award for outstanding writing in children's programming for the first episode.
Born in Oklahoma to a minister, Schone's earliest noted work was as a travel writer for the women's magazine Mademoiselle from 1947 to 1950. Afterwards, she worked as a writer for CBS from 1950 to 1956, working on the daytime talk show Vanity Fair (as producer and writer) and the variety series Of All Things, and for NBC Radio on the program Weekday with Mike Wallace and others. This was followed by a position as senior advertising copywriter for Young & Rubicam, Inc. from 1956 to 1960. She also wrote educational filmstrips for Guidance Associates and authored the children's short story collection Penny Tales (1977).
Her husband was stage and television director Dan Levin.
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==External links==
* Contemporary Authors bio — 1981
* Something About the Author bio — 1981
* "It's Ma'am, Damn!" — Newsday, April 17, 1988
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Category:Writers