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Women of the Washington press : politics, prejudice, and persistence / Maurine H. Beasley ; foreword by Sandy Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beasley, Maurine H., author.
- Series:
- Visions of the American press.
- Visions of the American press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women journalists--Washington (D.C.)--History.
- Women journalists.
- Journalism--Washington (D.C.).
- Journalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 424 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winner, 2012 Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award Women of the Washington Press argues that for nearly two centuries women journalists have persisted in their efforts to cover politics in the nation's capital in spite of blatant prejudice and restrictive societal attitudes.
- Contents:
- A new generation
- Eleanor Roosevelt and the "newspaper girls"
- World War II shatters precedents-at least for a time
- Parties, power, and protest in the sixties and early seventies
- Clothes, cameras, and determination to move into broadcasting
- A question of equity at the end of the twentieth century
- Women journalists confront today's media challenges.
- Notes:
- "Medill School of Journalism."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-396) and index.
- CC BY-NC
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-6614-3
- OCLC:
- 823678971
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