| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Pioneer Women in Journalism; 2 Three Superstar Journalists; 3 The Progressive Era; 4 World War I; 5 The Roaring Twenties and the Th irties; 6 The 1940s; 7 The 1950s; 8 The 1960s; 9 Women Journalists of Color; 10 Integrating Omaha Media; Epilogue and Closing Thoughts; Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Eileen M. Wirth never set out to be a groundbreaker for women in journalism, but if she wanted to report on social issues instead of society news, she had no alternative. Her years as one of the first women reporters at the Omaha World-Herald, covering gender barriers even as she broke a few herself, give Wirth an especially apt perspective on the women profiled in this book: those Nebraskans who, over a hundred years, challenged traditional feminine roles in journalism and subtly but surely changed the world. The book features remarkable women journalists who worked in every |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women journalists -- Nebraska -- Biography
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Journalism -- Nebraska -- History -- 20th century
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Journalism
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Women journalists
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Nebraska
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803245662 |
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0803245661 |
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