Women In American Journalism
A New History
The previously untold stories of women throughout the history of journalism
Paper – $28
978-0-252-07556-8
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978-0-252-05647-5
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About the Book
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.About the Author
Jan Whitt is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the author of Allegory and the Modern Southern Novel.Reviews
"Whitt writes with clarity and conviction. . . . Highly recommended."--ChoiceBlurbs
“A readable and comprehensive book on a subject that does need updating. Women in American Journalism makes an interesting contribution to the field and will be well read and appreciated by those interested in journalism history, women’s studies, and journalism in general.”--Marilyn S. Greenwald, author of A Woman of the Times: Journalism, Feminism, and the Career of Charlotte Curtis
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