Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999

Elizabeth V. Burt

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 2000
• Print ISBN: 9780313306617
• eBook ISBN: 9780313032370
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Communication Studies
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Little has been published about press organizations, and even less about women's press organizations. This book is the first to document the history of women's press organizations. In addition to rich historical accounts of some of these organizations, it also provides a picture of many of the women journalists involved in these press organizations, many of whom were leaders, both in journalism and in the social movements of their time. This book is a description and analysis of forty women's press organizations that have been key to the development of women writers of the press since the first established organization in 1881. Each entry describes the challenges faced by women that brought about the establishment of the organization at that particular time and place, some of the women who played key roles in the group's leadership, the group' s major activities and programs and its contributions to women of the press. The main purpose of these organizations was to provide women with a place where they could discuss professional issues and career strategies at a time when they were largely excluded from or marginalized by male-dominated media institutions. However, many also reflected the interests of some of the social and political reform movements associated with the women's movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, including the woman suffrage, peace, and ERA movements. Although some of the organizations described here no longer exist, new ones have taken on the challenge, in a profession where women still do not have equity.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 American Women in Radio and Television, 1951–Present
• 2 Association for Women in Communications, 1909–Present (Formerly Theta Sigma Phi and Women in Communications, Inc.)
• 3 Association for Women in Sports Media, 1987–Present
• 4 Association of Women Broadcasters, 1942–1950 (Formerly Association of Women Directors)
• 5 Colorado Press Women, 1941–Present
• 6 Delaware Press Association, 1977–Present (Formerly Delaware Press Women)
• 7 Denver Woman's Press Club, 1898–Present
• 8 Detroit Women Writers, 1900–Present (Formerly Detroit Press Club, Detroit Women's Press Club, Detroit Women Writers Club)
• 9 Idaho Press Women, 1944–Present
• 10 Illinois Woman's Press Association, 1885–Present
• 11 JAWS: Journalism and Women Symposium, 1985–Present
• 12 Kansas Press Women, 1941–Present
• 13 Michigan Press Women, 1965–Present (Formerly Michigan Women's Press Club)
• 14 Michigan Woman's Press Association, 1890–193(8)
• 15 Michigan Woman's Press Club, 1892–19(14)
• 16 Minnesota Press Women, 1940–1982
• 17 National Federation of Press Women, 1937–Present
• 18 National League of American Pen Women, 1897–Present (Formerly League of American Pen Women)
• 19 New England Woman's Press Association, 1885–1982
• 20 The New York Times Women's Caucus, 1972–Present
• 21 Newswomen's Club of New York, 1922–Present (Formerly New York Newspaper Women's Club)
• 22 Ohio Newspaper Women's Association, 1902–Present
• 23 Pacific Coast Women's Press Association, 1890–19(41)
• 24 Southern California Women's Press Club, 1893–19(39)
• 25 Texas Professional Communicators, 1893–Present (Formerly Texas Woman's Press Association and Texas Press Women)
• 26 Utah Woman's Press Club, 1891–1928
• 27 Woman's Press Association of the South, 1886–18(90)
• 28 Woman's Press Club of Cincinnati, 1888–1988
• 29 Woman's Press Club of Indiana, 1913–Present
• 30 Woman's Press Club of New York City, 1889–1980
• 31 Women, Men and Media, 1987–Present
• 32 Women's Feature Service, 1978–Present
• 33 Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, 1972–Present
• 34 Women's National Press Club, 1919–1970
• 35 Women's Press Organizations in Cleveland, 1886–1970s
• 36 Women's Press Organizations in Mississippi, 1894–Present
• 37 Women's Press Organizations in Missouri, 1896–Present
• Appendix: Chronology
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Contributors