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Great Women of the Press by Schilpp, Madelon Golden. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Great Women of the Press about?
<p>Each of the 18 women whose stories unfold in this unique work made heroic, profession-changing contributions to journalism.</p> <p> </p> <p>Covering nearly 300 years, Schilpp and Murphy have elevated these women either from the obscurity of historical footnotes (Elizabeth Timothy, 1700—1757) or from the frozen stuff of legend (Nellie Bly, Anne Newport Royall, Margaret Fuller); they have made their subjects working journalists whose careers and accomplishments were indeed heroic and inspiring, but human.</p> <p> </p> <p>Aside from Timothy, Royall, Fuller, and Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (Nellie Bly), the authors have included Mary Katherine Goddard, colonial publisher; Sarah Josepha Hale, first women’s magazine editor; Cornelia Walter, editor of the <i>Boston</i> <i>Transcript;</i> and Jane Grey Swisshelm, abolitionist, feminist, and journalist. Others include Jane Cunningham Croly ("Jennie June”); Eliza Nicholson (Pearl Rivers), publisher of the <i>Picayune;</i> Ida Minerva Tarbell, muckraker; Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (Dorothy Dix); Ida B. Wells-Barnett, crusader; Winifred Black Bonfils (Annie Laurie), reformer; Rheta Child Dorr, freedom fighter; Dorothy Thompson
Who reads Great Women of the Press?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Schilpp, Madelon Golden.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press, c1983.
- Published
- 1983
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780809310982
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Literary Fiction, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-24