TV is responsible for introducing the world to a whole new generation of women comics, who not only perform like their predecessors but also write their own material. Jackie “Moms” Mabley John Kisch Archive // Getty Images Jackie “Moms” Mabley Jackie "Moms" Mabley , born Loretta Mary Aiken, was a comedy pioneer credited with being the first female standup comedian. She was definitely a woman ahead of her time — gay, Black and political. After a difficult childhood — both her parents were killed in separate accidents and she was raped twice by the time she was 13, got pregnant both times, and was forced to give away the babies — she escaped to Vaudeville. It was on the Chitlin Circuit, she found an outlet for her talents. She developed an onstage persona as an old woman with a frumpy housedress, funny hat and toothless gums, years before she was old. It was an homage to her grandmother, the one parental figure she had been able to count on. But it was also a smart decision.…