Us on facebook at cspan history. University professor cht teaches a class about women journalists. She talks about pioneers and the societal pressures for women writers to balance traditional femininity and having a career in journalism. This class is about an hour. Professor good morning. Thank you for being here today. Abouts lecture is american women journalists of the late 19th century. This is one of my favorite things to talk about, as im sure you can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. Sobtitle of todays talk is sisters. That is because these labels represent a new kind of job that emerged for women at the end of the 19th century. And i want to tell you the story of how some bowls and remarkable the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others. Not womens voices were welcomed or respected that much. Is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the
You all can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. The title of todays talk is subreporters and sob sisters. Because its a new job that emerged for women. And i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and r remarkable women sized the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others when womens voices were not welcomed or, or respected that much. So history is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. And so, to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter, in some of the biggest cities of the country, to understand how this came about, we really have to back up and talk about the business of journalism in the 1800s. And specifically, i want to talk about a new Business Model that emerged in the 1830s, called the penny press. Okay. This was a new t
You all can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. The title of todays talk is subreporters and sob sisters. Because its a new job that emerged for women. And i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and r remarkable women sized the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others when womens voices were not welcomed or, or respected that much. So history is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. And so, to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter, in some of the biggest cities of the country, to understand how this came about, we really have to back up and talk about the business of journalism in the 1800s. And specifically, i want to talk about a new Business Model that emerged in the 1830s, called the penny press. Okay. This was a new t
You all can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. The title of todays talk is subreporters and sob sisters. Because its a new job that emerged for women. And i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and r remarkable women sized the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others when womens voices were not welcomed or, or respected that much. So history is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. And so, to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter, in some of the biggest cities of the country, to understand how this came about, we really have to back up and talk about the business of journalism in the 1800s. And specifically, i want to talk about a new Business Model that emerged in the 1830s, called the penny press. Okay. This was a new t
You all can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. The title of todays talk is subreporters and sob sisters. Because its a new job that emerged for women. And i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and r remarkable women sized the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others when womens voices were not welcomed or, or respected that much. So history is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. And so, to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter, in some of the biggest cities of the country, to understand how this came about, we really have to back up and talk about the business of journalism in the 1800s. And specifically, i want to talk about a new Business Model that emerged in the 1830s, called the penny press. Okay. This was a new t