At the beginning of the 20th century, Progressive reformers set up curricula in journalism, public relations, and creative writing to fulfill their own purposes: well-trained rhetors could convince th
At the beginning of the 20th century, Progressive reformers set up curricula in journalism, public relations, and creative writing to fulfill their own purposes: well-trained rhetors could convince th
Paper dolls might seem the height of simplicity—quaint but simple toys, nothing more. But through the centuries paper figures have reflected religious and political beliefs, notions of womanhood, moth
" Contemporary praise for Black named her "the world's most famous feature writer" and "one of the world's most successful reporters," while her critics affixed the pejorative labels "stunt girl" and
During the years 1880 to 1940, the glory days of the American circus, a third to a half of the cast members were women--a large group of very visible American workers whose story needs telling. This b
After FDR promised Americans a “new deal” in 1932, he came through with a new Works Progress Administration (WPA), which would employ a large group of skilled and unskilled workers, among them artists
Because scholars have traditionally only examined the efforts of American suffragettes in relation to electoral politics, the history books have largely missed the real story of what these women soug
Adams (English, Loyola U., New Orleans) and Keene (English, U. of Tennessee) present a biography of Alice Paul (1885-1977), an American feminist whose important contributions to the women's suffrage m
When the Pacific Railroad brought the east and west coasts and small and large towns together in 1869, it brought with it (in addition to the more obvious examples of commerce) visual art in many form
