Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, The Woman Who Created Talk TVLearn more about this pioneering broadcaster whose audience equaled that of Oprah Winfrey’s today. Author Michael Banks follows Ruth’s life from her childhood years in Columbia Tusculum, to her radio and televison career, which spanned an astonishing five decades from the 1920s to the 1960s, concluding with the untimely death of her beloved daughter. Find out who she was and how she became the hardest working and most philanthropic woman in the business.
Book Talk Schedule
Tuesday, September 1
6:30 p.m.
Northside Branch
Tuesday, September 8
7:00 p.m.
Deer Park Branch
Thursday, September 10
7:00 p.m.
Anderson Branch
Saturday, September 12
11:00 a.m.
Covedale Branch
Saturday, September 26
2:00 p.m.
Sharonville Branch
Monday, October 19
7:00 p.m.
Harrison Branch
Saturday, October 24
1:00 p.m.
Madeira Branch
Tuesday, November 3
7:00 p.m.
Delhi Township Branch
Saturday, November 7
2:00 p.m.
Main Library, Reading Garden Lounge
Tuesday, November 10
7:00 p.m.
Green Township Branch
Monday, November 16
6:30 p.m.
Madeira Branch
Saturday, December 5
2:00 p.m.
Cheviot Branch
Tuesday, December 8
6:30 p.m.
Monfort Heights Branch
