| Women in American Journalism: A New History Contributor(s): Whitt, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075560 ISBN-13: 9780252075568 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: The previously untold stories of women throughout the history of journalism |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 071.308 |
| LCCN: 2008009042 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jan Whitt tells the stories of women who have been overlooked in journalism history, offering an important corrective to scholarship that narrowly focuses on the deeds of men like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. She explores the lives of women reporters who achieved significant historical recognition, such as Ida Tarbell and Ida Wells-Barnett, as well as literary authors such as Joan Didion, Susan Orlean, Willa Cather, and Eudora Welty, whose work blends influences from both journalism and literature. This study shows how numerous women broadened the editorial scope of newspapers and journals, transformed women's professional roles, used journalism as a training ground for major literary works, and led breakthroughs in lesbian and alternative presses. |