Unladylike Profession - American Women War Correspondents in World War I

Chris Dubbs tells the dramatic stories of more than thirty women who traveled to Europe to write about World War I for America’s newspapers and magazines.
 

List of contents

List of Illustrations    
Foreword by Judy Woodruff    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction    
1. Mary Boyle O’Reilly, First on the Scene    
2. Among the First Reporters    
3. The Saturday Evening Post’s Women’s War    
4. Novelist Journalists    
5. Status of Women in Warring Countries    
6. As the War Dragged On    
7. On Other Fronts    
8. War and Revolution in Russia        
9. Covering American Involvement    
10. After the Fighting    
Appendix: Journalists mentioned in An Unladylike Profession    
A Note on Sources    
Bibliography    
Index    

About the author

Chris Dubbs is a military historian living in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and has worked as a newspaper journalist, editor, and publisher. He is the author of numerous books, including American Journalists in the Great War: Rewriting the Rules of Reporting (Nebraska, 2017) and America’s U-Boats: Terror Trophies of World War I (Nebraska, 2014). Judy Woodruff is a former anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour and is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation. She is the author of “This Is Judy Woodruff at the White House.”
 

Summary

Chris Dubbs tells the dramatic stories of more than thirty women who traveled to Europe to write about World War I for America’s newspapers and magazines.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Dubbs, Chris/ Woodruff Dubbs
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781640123069
• ISBN: 978-1-64012-306-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Erster Weltkrieg, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biografien: Literatur, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / World War I, Erster Weltkrieg (1914 bis 1918), History - Military / War