[7] Her father was an itinerant reporter; her mother played piano in a movie theater and painted china for sale.
[9] On July 26 of that year, she began a five-minute news program on WPIX television in New York.
[10] Also in 1954, she was host of On Your Way, a quiz program on ABC-TV on which she interviewed people who had an urgent need for money to go somewhere.
[11] Newspaper Enterprise Association columnist Dick Kleiner described the program as "a poor show", the format of which once changed twice in three weeks.
[14] Aimed at busy housewives, the show's guests included Ilka Chase, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and the postmaster of New York City.
A reviewer for The Arizona Republic described the book as "a delightful account of Godfrey family life" that focuses primarily on the authors' mother.