Women and the Press : The Struggle for Equality / Patricia Bradley ; foreword by Gail Collins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Medill School of Journalism. Visions of the American press | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2005Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
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  • 9780810162327
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Contents:
"Are not women born as free as men?" -- The rise of the professional writer -- The legacy of reform -- The strains on sisterhood -- Domesticity and all its imperatives -- Negotiating the newsroom -- Negotiating the nation -- Finding a place -- The second wave -- Making a difference.
Summary: When Abigail Adams made her famous plea to John Adams to 'remember the ladies', the role of advocacy on behalf of U.S. gender equality began its rocky and still uncompleted journey. In Women and the Press, Patricia Bradley examines the tensions that have arisen over the course of this journey as they relate to women in journalism. From their first entrance into the commercial press as sentimental writers, to the present day, the call for gender equality has had special meaning for female journalists. Is there a role, a responsibility, for advocacy, even subversion, in a newsroom setting? This is an account of how women in journalism sought to integrate the need for gender equality with the realities of the journalistic workplace.
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"Are not women born as free as men?" -- The rise of the professional writer -- The legacy of reform -- The strains on sisterhood -- Domesticity and all its imperatives -- Negotiating the newsroom -- Negotiating the nation -- Finding a place -- The second wave -- Making a difference.

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When Abigail Adams made her famous plea to John Adams to 'remember the ladies', the role of advocacy on behalf of U.S. gender equality began its rocky and still uncompleted journey. In Women and the Press, Patricia Bradley examines the tensions that have arisen over the course of this journey as they relate to women in journalism. From their first entrance into the commercial press as sentimental writers, to the present day, the call for gender equality has had special meaning for female journalists. Is there a role, a responsibility, for advocacy, even subversion, in a newsroom setting? This is an account of how women in journalism sought to integrate the need for gender equality with the realities of the journalistic workplace.

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