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Joan Ganz Cooney, Co-Founder Of Sesame Workshop

Since the 1970s, The Children's Television Workshop—now called the Sesame Workshop— intended to help low-income children become better prepared for school by using television as a tool. The Sesame Workshop has been much more far reaching, teaching and entertaining millions of kids around the globe through programs including Sesame Street.

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