us on facebook at c-span 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 i m sure you can imagine. so i m just going to dive right into it. sobtitle of today s 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 women s voices were welcomed or respected that much. is always the story of individuals responding
today s lecture is about american women journalists of the late 19th century. this is one of my absolute favorite things to talk about as i am sure you all can imagine. i am just going to dive right into it. the title of today s top is stunned reporters and sob sisters. that is because these labels represent a new kind of job that emerged for women at the end of the 19th century. i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and remarkable women seized 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 four others won women s voices were not welcomed or respected that much. history is always the story of individuals are responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter in some of the bigger cities in the country to understand how this came about, we
companies support c-span 2 as a public service. morning, thank you for being here today. today s lecture is about american women journalists of the late 19th century. this is one of my absolute favorite things to talk about as i am sure you all can imagine. i am just going to dive right into it. the title of today s top is stunned reporters and sob sisters. that is because these labels represent a new kind of job that emerged for women at the end of the 19th century. i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and remarkable women seized 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 four others won women s voices were not welcomed or respected that much. history is always the story of individuals are responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper re