Vitameatavegamin. The chocolate factory. Wine making in Italy. Each of these phrases probably calls to mind the image of a “zany redhead” named Lucy Ricardo. But did you know that Lucille Ball, the star of I Love Lucy, was one of the first female studio heads in Hollywood?

During its peak in the 1950s, Desilu Studios was the largest television studio in the world. Lucille Ball is responsible for bringing shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show, Star Trek, and more to television sets across America. Join Shannon Karol, the KIA’s Director of Museum Education and a lifelong I Love Lucy fan, to learn more about the ways in which Lucille Ball shattered the glass ceiling and paved the way for women in Hollywood from the 1950s to today.