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Women of the Washington press : politics, prejudice, and persistence / Maurine H. Beasley ; foreword by Sandy Johnson.

Author/creator Beasley, Maurine Hoffman
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoEvanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2012.
Descriptionxvi, 424 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Visions of the American press
Visions of the American press. ^A611185
Contents A new generation -- Eleanor Roosevelt and the "newspaper girls" -- World War II shatters precedents-at least for a time -- Parties, power, and protest in the sixties and early seventies -- Clothes, cameras, and determination to move into broadcasting -- A question of equity at the end of the twentieth century -- Women journalists confront today's media challenges.
General note"Medill School of Journalism."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-396) and index.
LCCN 2012005926
ISBN9780810125711 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0810125714 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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