‘Dear Companion, Ever-Ready Co-Worker:’ A Woman's Role in a Media Dynasty

Henry, Susan

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“…Little historical work has been done, however, from the standpoint of family studies. A notable exception is Henry's study of the role of Eliza A. Otis, wife of Harrison Gray Otis, in building the Los Angeles Times (Henry, 1987). The archives of the African-American newspapers, for example, located at Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland afford an opportunity to study the Murphy family which has owned the newspaper since 1892.…”

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Recent Directions for the Study of Women's History in American Journalism

Beasley¹

2001

Journalism Stud.

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This article reviews recent work that deals with the experience of women in American journalism. It concludes that this work points in the direction of a new synthesis telling a more comprehensive story of women and journalism as an alternative to the present narrative that details women's efforts to succeed professionally by conforming to a male model of journalistic performance. To fully arrive at this synthesis, the article contends, a new de nition of journalism itself is needed-one broad enough to encompass women like Eleanor Roosevelt, who used journalism for political and personal ends not related to the professional norm of objectivity. In calling for a rede nition of journalism to include women's perspectives, the article advocates more use of family-oriented social history and biography as well as more study of women's networking in journalism and women's personal experience recorded in oral histories.

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