Taking Their Place
A Documentary History of Women and Journalism
second edition
Maurine H. Beasley
University of Maryland
Sheila J. Gibbons
Communication Research Associates, Inc.
CONTENTS (brief)
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Preface
Introduction
Part I: Reaching a Young Nation
1. Colonial Era
2. Early Political Journalism
3. Reform Periodicals
4. Foreign Correspondence
Part II: Voicing Women's Experience
5. Ladies' Periodicals
6. Suffrage Newspapers
7. Newspaper Correspondence
Part III: Making a Place in Spite of Obstacles
8. Pioneer African-American Journalists
9. Stunt Reporters and Sob Sisters
10. Investigative Reporting
11. Metropolitan Journalism
12. War Correspondence
13. Politics and Political Commentary
14 Advocates of Social Justice
Part IV: Seeking Empowerment
15. Newspaper Families
16. Early Days in Broadcasting
17. Women's Pages
18. Development of Alternative Media
19. Women's Magazines
20. Challenges to Mass Media
Part V: Envisioning Greater Opportunity
21. Modern Diplomatic and War Correspondence
22. Women Journalists of Color
23. Women in Journalism Today
24. Toward Nonstereotypical News Coverage
Additional Resources
Timeline
Index
CONTENTS (detailed)
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Reaching a Young Nation
1. Colonial Era
Elizabeth Timothy
From Subscribers' Notice, South-Carolina Gazette (1739)
Subscribers' Notice, South-Carolina Gazette (1743)
From Women born to be controul'd and Response, South-Carolina Gazette (1743)
Mary Katherine Goddard
From Petition to the U.S. Senate (1790)
2. Early Political Journalism
Anne Royall
Editorial, Paul Pry (1836)
Farewell, The Huntress (1854)
3. Reform Periodicals
Jane G. Swisshelm
From Half a Century (1880)
Amelia Bloomer
Editorial, The Lily (1849)
Editorial, The Lily (1850)
4. Foreign Correspondence
Margaret Fuller
From Letter XXXIII, New York Tribune (1849)
Part II: Voicing Women's Experience
5. Ladies' Periodicals
Sarah J. Hale
Editor's Table, Godey's Lady's Book (1853)
6. Suffrage Newspapers
The Revolution
Infanticide and Prostitution, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1868)
Woman's Journal
Salutatory, by Julia Ward Howe (1870)
7. Newspaper Correspondence
Sara Willis Parton ("Fanny Fern")
Summer Travel, New York Ledger (1856)
Mary Clemmer Ames
From A Woman's Letter from Washington, Independent (1878)
Sara Clarke Lippincott ("Grace Greenwood")
From Washington Notes, The New York Times (1873)
From The New Order of Things: From Our Special Correspondent, The New York Times (1877)
Part III: Making a Place in Spite of Obstacles
8. Pioneer African-American Journalists
Lucy Wilmot Smith
Some Female Writers of the Negro Race, The Journalist (1889)
Ida Wells-Barnett
From Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases: The Offense (1892)
9. Stunt Reporters and Sob Sisters
Elizabeth Cochrane ("Nellie Bly")
From From Jersey Back to Jersey, New York World (1890)
Winifred Black Bonfils ("Annie Laurie")
Corpse-Laden Waters Lit by Funeral Pyres: Winifred Black Crosses the Dismal Bay of Death to the Desolate City of Disaster, San Francisco Examiner (1900)
10. Investigative Reporting
Ida M. Tarbell
From All in the Day's Work: Muckraker or Historian? (1939)
11. Metropolitan Journalism
Ishbel Ross
From Ladies of the Press: Front-Page Girl (1936)
12. War Correspondence
Rheta Childe Dorr
From Inside the Russian Revolution: To the Front with Botchkareva (1917)
Margaret Bourke-White
From Purple Heart Valley (1944)
Marguerite Higgins
33,000 Dachau Captives Freed by 7th Army, Herald Tribune (1945)
Ann Stringer
Frau Himmler Maintains She Is Still Proud of Her Husband, United Press (1945)
13. Politics and Political Commentary
Eleanor Roosevelt
From First White House Press Conference (1933)
From A World War II Press Conference (1942)
Ruby A. Black
From Covering Mrs. Roosevelt, The Matrix (1933)
Anne O'Hare McCormick
Abroad: Bulldozer and the Woman with a Broom, The New York Times (1945)
Hazel Brannon Smith
Senseless Killing, Lexington Advertiser (1963)
14. Advocates of Social Justice
Lucile H. Bluford
From Interview with Lucile H. Bluford, by Fern Ingersoll (1989)
Marvel Cooke
From Interview with Marvel Cooke, by Kathleen Currie (1989)
Part IV: Seeking Empowerment
15. Newspaper Families
Eleanor "Cissy" Patterson
Red-Headed Doll, by Vade Ward Marcantonio (1966)
Agnes E. Meyer
From Rio Grande Problem: Migrant Mexican and Anglo Labor, The Washington Post (1946)
Katharine Graham
From Personal History (1997)
16. Early Days in Broadcasting
Ruth Crane Schaefer
From Interview with Ruth Crane Schaefer, by Pat Mower (1975)
17. Women's Pages
Early Women's Pages
The Inside of a Newspaper Should Be Like the Inside of a Home, by Carl W. Ackerman (1949)
Redefining Women's Pages
From Interview with Vivian Castleberry, by Anne Kasper (1989)
Current Thinking on Women-Directed Content
18. Development of Alternative Media
Media Coverage of the Women's Movement
Rise of a Women's Liberation Press
From The Politics of Women's Liberation, by Jo Freeman (1976)
Statement of Purpose, off our backs, by Nancy Ferro, Coletta Reid Holcomb and Marilyn Saltzman-Webb (1970
A Personal Report from Ms., by the Ms. Staff (1972)
Principles of Feminist Journalism
Female Journalism Is Something Different, by Donna Allen and Martha Leslie Allen (1976)
19. Women's Magazines
Changes in Traditional Women's Magazines
From Women's Magazines in the Sixties, by Nora Magid (1970)
From Occupying the Ladies' Home Journal: My First Hurrah, by Vivien Leone (1970)
From What Do Women Want—in a Magazine? by Ellen Levine, Pat Miller, Nancy Lindemeyer and Dena Vane (1989)
Women's Magazines Today
20. Challenges to Mass Media
Challenges in Press Organizations
From Front Row at the White House, by Helen Thomas (1999)
Challenges in Print Media
From EEOC Findings of Sexual Discrimination at The Washington Post (1974)
From Plaintiff's Press Release: Boylan et al. v. New York Times (1977)
How to Conduct Your Own Survey of Your Newspaper's Front Page, Media Watch: Women and Men and the American Society of Newspaper Editors (1990)
Challenges in Broadcasting
From Petition to Deny WABC-TV License Renewal, National Organization for Women (1972)
From 1991 MediaWatch Recommendations (1991)
Challenges Today
Part V: Envisioning Greater Opportunity
21. Modern Diplomatic and War Correspondence
Reporting from Southeast Asia
From Waiting for Prime Time: The Women of Television News, by Marlene Sanders (1988)
Reporting from the Persian Gulf
From Interview with Molly Moore (1993)
From Women Covering the War, IWMF/NPC Panel Discussion (1991)
Risks and Rewards for Women Writing about War
22. Women Journalists of Color
Segregation and Discrimination
From Interview with Ethel Payne, by Kathleen Currie (1987)
Equal Opportunity and Tokenism
From Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience, by Jill Nelson (1986)
From Minority Women: Ephemeral Figures in the Press, by Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte (2000)
23. Women in Journalism Today
Breaking Down Gender-Based Assignment Patterns
From The Only Girl on the Road, by Joan Snyder (1988)
From My Three Years Covering the Redskins, by Christine Brennan (1988)
Women Journalists Abroad
24. Toward Nonstereotypical News Coverage
Changes in Media Portrayals of Women
Avoiding Sexist Portrayals
Ten Guidelines for the Treatment of Women in the Media, The IWY Commission (1975)
Sexism, USA Today Style Guide (1990)
Suggestions for Reporting of Sexual Assault Cases, Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (1986)
The Future
Additional Resources
Timeline
Index
copyright © 2003 by Maurine H. Beasley and Sheila J. Gibbons.
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