TY - JOUR
T1 - “You're a Tough Guy, Mary-and a First-Rate Newspaperman”
T2 - Gender and Women Journalists in the 1920S and 1930s
AU - Lumsden, Linda
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - Relying on autobiographies, articles written by the subjects, and oral history, this article analyzes how gender-based polarities affected ten “front-page gals” between 1920 and 1940. It demonstrates how women journalists had to lose their feminine selves to succeed in the male-dominated city room. The women's emphasis on succeeding on individual merit left: them unable to recognize structural discrimination in pay, assignments, and benefits. Nonetheless, their adventurous spirit blazed a trail for future women journalists.
AB - Relying on autobiographies, articles written by the subjects, and oral history, this article analyzes how gender-based polarities affected ten “front-page gals” between 1920 and 1940. It demonstrates how women journalists had to lose their feminine selves to succeed in the male-dominated city room. The women's emphasis on succeeding on individual merit left: them unable to recognize structural discrimination in pay, assignments, and benefits. Nonetheless, their adventurous spirit blazed a trail for future women journalists.
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U2 - 10.1177/107769909507200414
DO - 10.1177/107769909507200414
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973181291
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 72
SP - 913
EP - 921
JO - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -