War, Women, and the News: How Female Journalists Won the Battle to Cover World War II

By Catherine Gourley

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War, Women, and the News: How Female Journalists Won the Battle to Cover World War II

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The bombing of London, the liberation of Dachau, the battle for Iwo Jima-many of the most important stories of the Second World War were covered by female writers and photographers. This book traces the work of women correspondents from the Great Depression through the end of the war in the Pacific. They not only kept Americans informed about the darkest moments of the twentieth century, but also opened doors for women who came after them. Black-and-white photographs. Suggestions for further reading. Select bibliography.

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AR Level 6.6 AR Points 8.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights No Dewey 07.082 Title alpha War, Women, and the News: How Female Journalists Won the Battle to Cover World War II Level Nonfiction Middle Pages Count 208 Genre Nonfiction Summary Before World War II, the few women who worked in the news industry were severely limited in scope and topic—if they weren’t writing for the women’s pages, they were “sob sisters,” playing on readers’ emotions and not relying on facts. By the conclusion of World War II, the situation had changed dramatically. Weaving the individual stories of several women journalists into the larger story of the origins, events, and aftermath of the war, Catherine Gourley explains how women journalists overcame barriers to eventually become accepted as part of the media. Topics The Roaring Twenties. The Great Depression. Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998). Field Investigators. Dorothea Lange (1895-1965). Photojournalism. "Migrant Mother." "Sob sisters." The inverted pyramid. New York Herald Tribune. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). Chicago Tribune. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961). Anne O'Hare McCormick (1882-1954). German conquest of Europe. Refugees. The Resistance. Effects of World War II on children. Therese Bonney (1894?-1978). The Russian front. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971). Helen Kirkpatrick (1909-1997). The London Blitz. The attack of Pearl Harbor. Shelley Mydans (1915-2002) and Carl Mydans (1907-2004). Japanese treatment of prisoners of war. Life magazine. "Paper dolls." Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966). The Japanese internment. Toni Frissell (1907-1988). The American Red Cross. Collier's magazine. The Holocaust. The Allied invasion of Europe. The Liberation of Europe. Lee Miller (1907-1977). Vogue magazine. Dachau. Hitler's suicide. SRC Level 6.200000 SRC Points 13.000000 Lexile 850L Trim Size 7" x 9" Language English JLG Release Date Apr 2007 Minimum grade 5 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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