LEADER 02647nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910789707503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0256-3 010 $a0-8078-6903-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131343 035 $a(EBL)819535 035 $a(OCoLC)767952991 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11337079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10538984 035 $a(PQKB)11441751 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865241 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819535 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516136 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819535 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131343 100 $a20110613d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOut on assignment$b[electronic resource] $enewspaper women and the making of modern public space /$fAlice Fahs 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (373 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2196-7 311 $a0-8078-3496-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Among the newspaper women -- The woman's page -- Human interest -- Bachelor girls -- Adventure -- Work -- Travel -- Epilogue: toward suffrage. 330 $aOut on Assignment illuminates the lives and writings of a lost world of women who wrote for major metropolitan newspapers at the start of the twentieth century. Using extraordinary archival research, Alice Fahs unearths a richly networked community of female journalists drawn by the hundreds to major cities--especially New York--from all parts of the United States. Newspaper women were part of a wave of women seeking new, independent, urban lives, but they struggled to obtain the newspaper work of their dreams. Although some female journalists embraced more adventurous reportin 606 $aWomen journalists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen in journalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen and journalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWomen journalists 615 0$aWomen in journalism$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and journalism$xHistory 676 $a070.4082 700 $aFahs$b Alice$01470875 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789707503321 996 $aOut on assignment$93682951 997 $aUNINA