Women in Communication

A Biographical Sourcebook

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Women in Communication

A Biographical Sourcebook

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Focusing on pioneers in journalism, contemporary media professionals, and scholars in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication, this book provides full profiles of 48 outstanding women in communication. Each profile examines the woman's family background, education, mentors, career path, major contributions and achievements, and concludes with a bibliography of the most important scholarly publications. Since communication is a relatively young discipline, many of the women included are at the prime of their professional career. Subjects were selected by a peer-review process. An appendix provides brief highlights of the lives of an additional 29 communication scholars.

This is a story of achievement. It is a compilation of essays about the lives and accomplishments of a group of communication professionals, women in communication. All have furthered our understanding of the important role that communication plays in our lives and in the fuctioning of societies. All their stories tell us about an interesting series of choices, obstacles, and opportunities. (From the Foreword by Alan Rubin). Focusing on pioneers in journalism, contemporary media professionals, and scholars in the fields of interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication, this book profiles 48 outstanding women in communication. An appendix highlights an additional 29 communication scholars.

Each full profile examines the subject's family background, education, mentors, career path, major contributions and achievements, and concludes with a bibliography of important scholarly contributions. Since communication is a relatively young discipline, many of the women included are at the prime of their professional career. Subjects were selected by a peer-review process.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alan Rubin
Introduction by Nancy Signorielli
Mary Clemmer Ames (1831-1884) by Patricia Dooley
Sandra Ball-Rokeach (1941- ) by Amy Nathanson
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) by Ginger Carter
Helen Gurly Brown (1922- ) by Candace Lewis
Judee Burgoon (1948- ) by Beth LePoire
Joanne Cantor (1945- ) by Amy Nathanson
Peggy Charen (1928- ) by Ellen Wartella
Connie Chung (1946- ) by Susan Kahlenberg
Ruth Crane (1902-1989) by Norma Pecora
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) by Pam Shoemaker
Brenda Dervin (1938- ) by Carol Barbato
Nancy Hanschman Dickerson (1927- ) by Christine L. Ogan
Dorothy Dix (1861-1951) by Roger A. Haney
Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863-1953) by Julie Dobrow
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick (1949- ) by Beth Haslett
Pauline Frederick (1908-1990) by Louise Benjamin
Ellen Goodman (1941- ) by Julie Dobrow
Doris Graber (1923- ) by Douglas McLeod
Katharine Graham (1917- ) by Candace Lewis
Sarah J. Hale (1788-1879) by Diane Umble
Herta Herzog (1910- ) by Elizabeth M. Perse
Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966) by Jessica Staples
Hilde Himmelweit (1918-1989) by Scott Caplan
Althea Huston (1939- ) by John Murray
Kathleen Jamieson by David Birdsell
Jeanne Kilbourne (1943- ) by Juliet Dee
Dorothy May Kilgallen (1913-1965) by Sheila Crifasi
Gladys Lang (1919- ) by William P. Eveland, Jr.
Mary Margaret McBride (1889-1976) by Sheila Crifasi
Anne O'Hare McCormick (1880-1954) by Margot Hardenbergh
Sarah McCune (1941- ) by Candace Lewis
Margaret McLaughlin (1943- ) by Wendy Samter
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916- ) by K. Viswanath
Helen Rogers Reid (1882-1970) by Elizabeth Burt
Cokie Roberts (1943- ) by Juliet Dee
L. Edna Rogers (1933- ) by Carol Wilder
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) by Maureen Beasley
Anne Newport Royall (1769-1854) by Carol Sue Humphrey
Rebecca Rubin (1948- ) by Beth Graham
Jessica Savitch (1947-1983) by Sue Lawrence
Dorothy Singer (1927- ) by Robert Miller
Gloria Steinem (1934- ) by Johnna Moyers
Ida Minerva Tarbell (1893-1944) by Amy Sarch
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) by James Tankard
Judith Waller (1889-1973) by Louise Benjamin
Barbara Walters (1929- ) by Suzanne Marcus
Ellen Wartella (1949- ) by Alison Alexander
Ida Baker Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) by Dorothy Zeccola
Appendix: Short Biographies of Notable Women in Communication

Product details

Published 14 Nov 1996
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 528
ISBN 9780313291647
Imprint Greenwood
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Nancy Signorielli

Nancy Signorielli, PhD, is professor of communicat…

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