Re-Evaluating Women's Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era

Celebrating Soft News
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-07157-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era tells the stories of significant women’s page journalists who contributed to the women’s liberation movement and the journalism community. Previous versions of journalism history had reduced the role these women played at their newspapers and in their communities—if they were mentioned at all. For decades, the only place for women in newspapers was the women’s pages. While often dismissed as fluff by management, these sections in fact documented social changes in communities.

These women were smart, feisty and ahead of their times. They left a great legacy for today’s women journalists. This book brings these individual women together and allows for a broader understanding of women’s page journalism in the 1950s and 1960s. It details the significant roles they played in the post-World War II years, laying the foundation for a changing role for women.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Voss, Kimberly Wilmot

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing Post-World War II Women’s Pages.- 2. The Growth of the Women’s Page Community.- 3. Powerful Partnerships of Women’s Page Editors and Club Women.- 4. Recognizing the Soft News of the Women’s Pages.- 5. Women’s Pages Cover Another F.- 6. Quilted News: Creating a New Definition for News.- 7. The Demise of the Women’s Sections.- 8. Women’s Page Journalists Across the Country.

Über Autor(innen)

Kimberly Wilmot Voss is Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, USA. She is author of The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community, Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s and co-author of Mad Men & Working Women: Feminist Perspectives on Historical Power, Resistance and Otherness.