Out on assignment : newspaper women and the making of modern public space /

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Author / Creator:	Fahs, Alice.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies Supplement.
Subject:	Women journalists -- United States -- Biography. Women in journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Women and journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Women and journalism. Women in journalism. Women journalists. United States. Electronic books. Electronic books -- Biography -- History. Biographies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121396

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ISBN:	0807869031 9780807869031 9781469602561 1469602563 9780807834961 0807834963
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Newspaper women were part of a wave of women seeking new, independent, urban lives, but they struggled to obtain the newspaper work of their dreams. Although some female journalists embraced more adventurous reporting, including stunt work and undercover assignments, many were relegated to the women's page. However, these intrepid female journalists made the women's page their own. Fahs reveals how their writings--including celebrity interviews, witty sketches of urban life, celebrations of being bachelor girls, advice columns, and a campaign in support of suffrage--had far-reaching implicatio.
Other form:	Print version: 9780807834961 0807834963

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