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OverviewIn 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 in lesbian and alternative presses. Whitt explores the lives of women reporters who achieved significant historical recognition, such as Ida Tarbell and Ida Wells-Barnett. Investigating the often blurry boundary between journalism and literature, she explains how this fluid distinction has actually limited how many scholars perceive the contributions of authors such as Joan Didion and Susan Orlean. Whitt also highlights the work of important novelists, including Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, and Eudora Welty, to shed light on how their work as journalists informed their highly successful fiction. This study also offers a survey of contributions women have made to the alternative presses, including the environmental press and civil rights activism. Whitt examines important figures in the early feminist press such as Caroline Churchill, editor and reporter for Denver’s Queen Bee, and Betty Wilkins of Kansas City’s Call. Finally, through newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and journals, she traces the history of the lesbian press and points out the ways in which it indicates that the alternative press is thriving. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jan WhittPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9780252075568ISBN 10: 0252075560 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 04 August 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: The Secret Sharers: Women Outside Mainstream Journalism xi 1. Familiar Women of American Journalism History 1 2. Women of Society News and Women's Pages 37 3. Women in Contemporary American Literary Journalism 62 4. Women Journalists Who Chose Fiction 87 5. Representative Women of the Alternative Press 107 6. The Lesbian Press 146 Conclusion 167 Notes 171 Works Cited 177 Index 187ReviewsWhitt writes with clarity and conviction... Highly recommended. --Choice 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 Author InformationJan 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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