Women in American Journalism: A New History

by Jan Whitt

Book Overview

In this volume, 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 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252075560
• ISBN13: 9780252075568
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"