Barbara Holdridge

Barbara Holdridge, together with her business partner, Marianne (Roney) Mantell, co-founded Caedmon Records in 1952. As an entirely female-owned company Caedmon stressed gender equality and focused on many women's writings.[1] She was a pioneer in the genre of spoken word literary recordings, and is considered to have laid the foundation for modern audio books.[1]

  1. ^ a b Tietjen, Jill S. (January 20, 2015). "Maryland She-roes". Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 January 2015.