The Edge of Change
Women in the Twenty-First Century Press
Published on 1. September 2009
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-252-03448-0 (ISBN)
Description
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Nicholson, Geneva Overholser, Marty Petty, Deb Price, Donna M. Reed, Sandra Mims Rowe, Peggy Simpson, Margaret Sullivan, Julia Wallace, and Keven Ann Willey.
Nicholson, Geneva Overholser, Marty Petty, Deb Price, Donna M. Reed, Sandra Mims Rowe, Peggy Simpson, Margaret Sullivan, Julia Wallace, and Keven Ann Willey.
Reviews / Votes
"A much-needed update of existing books on women in the press. The richness of this work lies in its use of accomplished women's own voices to tell of their achievements and their struggles, even into the twenty-first century. Anyone interested in women's history will enjoy this fine book." Kay Mills, author of Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed TelevisionMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-252-03448-0 (9780252034480)
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June O. Nicholson | Pamela J. Creedon | Wanda S. Lloyd
The Edge of Change
Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press
Book
09/2009
University of Illinois Press
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Persons
June O. Nicholson is the associate director of the School of Mass Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University. Pamela J. Creedon is a professor and former director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. Wanda S. Lloyd is the executive editor of the Montgomery Advertiser and the founding executive director of the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute at Vanderbilt University. Pamela J. Johnson is the executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri.
Content
Acknowledgments; Foreword Ellen Goodman; Introduction June Nicholson; Chapter 1 "The Female Mind: Biology of the 21st Century Woman," Helen E. Fisher; Part I Historical and Contemporary Perspectives; Chapter 2 "Starting On the Cusp of