During a time when female reporters were almost always relegated to the society and women's pages of the newspapers, a few hundred notable women broke barriers and wrote their way onto the front pages of metropolitan newspapers. Front-Page Women Journalists, 1920-1950 takes a look at the lives and careers of women who worked successfully in this male-dominated profession. Kathleen A. Cairns examines the roles women played in early-twentieth-century newspaper journalism and the influence they had on future generations of newspaperwomen through the examples of Agness Underwood, Charlotta...
During a time when female reporters were almost always relegated to the society and women's pages of the newspapers, a few hundred notable women broke...
The California Institution for Women, Tehachapi (1933-1952) was the state's first female prison. It was run by a mainly female team, who aimed to rehabilitate the inmates using, for the time, controversial methods. The author argues that, despite its apparent failure, the prison tackled many still unresolved issues in penal care.
The California Institution for Women, Tehachapi (1933-1952) was the state's first female prison. It was run by a mainly female team, who aimed to reha...
Crack shot. Enigma woman. Good with ponies and pistols. A much-married woman. What if such an unconventional woman and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband s bullet-riddled body was found in the couple s Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the beautiful, dark-haired widow. The ensuing drama unfolded with all the twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death...
Crack shot. Enigma woman. Good with ponies and pistols. A much-married woman. What if such an unconventional woman and the press unanimously agree...
Rose Elizabeth Bird was forty years old when in 1977 Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown chose her to become California's first female supreme court chief justice. Appointed to a court with a stellar reputation for being the nation's most progressive, Bird became a lightning rod for the opposition due to her liberalism, inexperience, and gender. Over the next decade, her name became a rallying cry as critics mounted a relentless effort to get her off the court. Bird survived three unsuccessful recall efforts, but her opponents eventually succeeded in bringing about her defeat in 1986, making her...
Rose Elizabeth Bird was forty years old when in 1977 Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown chose her to become California's first female supreme court chie...
