Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999 by Elizabeth V Burt

Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999 by Elizabeth V Burt

Little has been published about press organizations, and even less about women's press organizations. This book is the first to document the history of women's press organizations. In addition to rich historical accounts of some of these organizations, it also provides a picture of many of the women journalists involved in these press organizations, many of whom were leaders, both in journalism and in the social movements of their time. This book is a description and analysis of forty women's press organizations that have been key to the development of women writers of the press since the first established organization in 1881. Each entry describes the challenges faced by women that brought about the establishment of the organization at that particular time and place, some of the women who played key roles in the group's leadership, the group' s major activities and programs and its contributions to women of the press. The main purpose of these organizations was to provide women with a place where they could discuss professional issues and career strategies at a time when they were largely excluded from or marginalized by male-dominated media institutions. However, many also reflected the interests of some of the social and political reform movements associated with the women's movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, including the woman suffrage, peace, and ERA movements. Although some of the organizations described here no longer exist, new ones have taken on the challenge, in a profession where women still do not have equity.

ELIZABETH V. BURT is a former journalist who is now an associate Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Hartford.

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ISBN 13	9780313306617
ISBN 10	0313306613
Title	Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999
Author	Elizabeth V Burt
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	2000-06-30
Number of pages	384
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