Brilliant Bylines

By Barbara Belford,

Book cover of Brilliant Bylines: a Biographical Anthology of Notable Newspaperwomen in America

Book description

Examines the lives and careers of 24 American female journalists from the 1840's to the 1980's and provides examples of their work

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Brilliant Bylines is more than a historical narrative of women in journalism, as it also includes samples of the women's writings.

My favorite is Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known as "Nellie Bly." She was not unknown, but she was mysterious in her own way and certainly was intriguing. Not only did she travel around the world in 1890, but she also feigned mental illness in order to get the inside scoop on an insane asylum. I named another cat after her, as well.

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