Newspaper Women and the Making of the Modern, 1885—1910

Abstract

“Inever shall forget my thrill at the phrasecover it,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Zona Gale wrote of her early newspaper work in New York City from 1901 to 1903: “When I was actually a reporter, I used to go about my work saying to myself, ‘I'm out on an assignment!’ People talked about thenewspaper grind. But I was more than happy in it. I was ecstatic.”

On the Front Page in the "Jazz Age": Journalist Ione Quinby, Chicago’s Ageless "Girl Reporter"

“…Others were editors and publishers in every region of the country. 16 In Illinois, women's political experience with the suffrage campaign empowered more women to win entre into more newsrooms prior to 1920. "Nothing was too difficult to accomplish if once undertaken" by a Quinby, according to the Ohio observer.…”

Constructing Stereotypes in Media: A Critical Analysis on the Representation of Women in Tanzanian Newspapers

“…[5]points that the section for women's issues covered engagements and weddings, food recipes, beauty sections and tips for being a good homemaker. According to [6]these "women issues" were considered appropriate for women and those with female defined interest as opposed to "hard news" which were appropriated for men. Consequently, the labelling of the media content influenced the understanding, attitudes and beliefs towards women identities in media across time and space.…”