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Women and the Press ( 3 Books)

Women and the Press and Their Struggle for Equality 
by Patricia Bradley  Foreword by Gail Collins
Women and the Press examines how women in journalism have historically sought to balance professional advancement with a larger responsibility to women. The book details the challenges and discriminations women have faced in the newsroom, from early "sentimental writers" to the present day, emphasizing their pursuit of economic parity, individual worth, and a commitment to advocacy for women at large.
Despite advances, women in media still encounter significant barriers, including harassment, threats, and a "glass ceiling" that limits access to leadership positions.  Paperback, 384 Pages, pub.2005

Mad Woman by Louisa Treger
In 1887, young Nellie Bly sets out for New York and a career in journalism, determined to make her way as a serious reporter, whatever that may take.
However, life in the city proves more challenging than she had imagined. Down to her last dime and desperate to prove her worth, she comes up with a dangerous plan: to fake insanity and have herself committed to the asylum on Blackwell's Island. There, she will work undercover to expose the asylum's wretched conditions.
But when the asylum door swings shut behind her, she finds herself in a place of horrors, governed by a cruelty she could never have imagined. Cold, isolated, and starving, her days of terror reawaken the traumatic events of her childhood. She entered the asylum of her own free will - but will she ever get out?
An extraordinary portrait of a woman ahead of her time, Madwoman is the story of a quest for the truth that changed the world.
Hardcover, 304 pages, pub. 2022

Listen World !: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman  by Julia Scheeres (Author), Allison Gilbert (Author)
*Winner of the 2023 Northern California Book Award*
The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard of.
At thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills.
When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name whose column ran for over thirty years and garnered more than twenty million readers.
Hardcover – 352 pages pub. September 27, 2022

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