| The Woman War Correspondent, the U.S. Military, and the Press: 1846-1947 Contributor(s): Edy, Carolyn M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498539270 ISBN-13: 9781498539272 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Women - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 070.449 |
| LCCN: 2016044773 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Honorable Mention recipient for the American Journalism Historians Association Book of the Year Award, this book outlines the rich history of more than 250 women who worked as war correspondents up through World War II, while demonstrating the ways in which the press and the military both promoted and prevented their access to war. Despite the continued presence of individual female war correspondents in news accounts, if not always in war zones, it was not until 1944 that the military recognized these individuals as a group and began formally considering sex as a factor for recruiting and accrediting war correspondents. This group identity created obstacles for women who had previously worked alongside men as "war correspondents," while creating opportunities for many women whom the military recruited to cover woman's angle news as "women war correspondents." This book also reveals the ways the military and the press, as well as women themselves, constructed the concepts of "woman war correspondent" and "war correspondent" and how these concepts helped and hindered the work of all war correspondents even as they challenged and ultimately expanded the public's understanding of war and of women. |