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Undaunted : how women changed American journalism / Brooke Kroeger.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection PN4784.W7 K76 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kroeger, Brooke, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in journalism--United States--History.
- Women in journalism.
- Women journalists--United States--Biography.
- Women journalists.
- United States.
- Journalists--United States--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- How women changed American journalism
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Summary:
- "An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing the most renowned trailblazers since 1840"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Asterisk
- The She Lot
- The Break Out
- From Cuba to the Far East
- New Thought
- Janus-faced
- Practice War
- Depressionistas
- Home Front
- Sidebars
- Bridges
- Foment
- Supernovas
- Vietnam
- Collective Action
- Star Power
- Not Quite
- Power Coupling
- Moving Up
- Moving On
- Assessment
- The More Things Change
- Epilogue: #MeToo, You
- Preface
- Part one: First wave, 1840s-1880s. The asterisk
- The she lot
- Part two: Experts, stunts, sobs, front pages, and Amazons, 1880s-1920s. The breakout
- New thought
- Part three: Global crises, 1930s-1940s. Practice war
- Home front
- Part four: Advances and setbacks, 1950s-1970s. Bridges
- Collective action
- Part five: Realignment, 1980s-1990s. Not quite
- Power coupling
- Moving up
- Moving on
- Part six: State of play, 2000s-early 2020s. Assessment
- The more things change
- Epilogue: #MeToo, you, too.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-538) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Kroeger, Brooke, 1949- Undaunted
- Online version: Kroeger, Brooke, 1949- Undaunted
- ISBN:
- 9780525659143
- 0525659145
- OCLC:
- 1335757080
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