Gender, Generation, and Journalism in France, 1910-1940

by Mary Lynn Stewart

In the late nineteenth century, the first wave of female journalists began writing in the French daily press. Yet, while they undeniably opened doors for the next generations of educated women, sexist hiring practices, assumptions about women's aptitudes as reporters, and more subtle gender biases continued to saturate the industry in the decades that followed. Gender, Generation, and Journalism in France, 1910?1940 investigates the careers and written...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773553231
• ISBN13: 9780773553231
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"