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“A century ago, there was a rich network of women journalists among the country’s abundant newspapers. They forged new identities both for themselves and for the print culture they created. They have long deserved this exploration.” — Library Journal

“A gift to journalism historians. Fahs seems to have unearthed every single newspaper story with a female byline appearing in a mainstream big-city paper between the mid-1880s and about 1910.” — Women’s Review of Books

“A most informative and enjoyable read. Highly recommended. Upper-division graduates through faculty.” — CHOICE

“Fahs suggests that the legacy of this half-forgotten generation stretched beyond journalism.” — Columbia Journalism Review

“Offers a fresh perspective for evaluating the history of women in journalism.” — Journal of American History

“Give[s] readers a new way of looking at women journalists' actual contribution to both journalism specifically and society more generally. . . . Aspiring historians would be well served to learn from Fahs' approach.” — American Journalism

“An accessible cultural history. . . . Readers with an interest in media history as well as in women’s studies will find this to be an enjoyable and character-driven scholarly book.” — Library Journal

“A highly useful book. Every academic library should own a copy, and many researchers will enjoy it simply because it is a good read.” — Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

“A richly detailed account of the hundreds of young female journalists who entered newspaper work in New York and other major American cities in the early 1900s.” — Red Weather Review blog

“[Fahs has] done [herself] proud, producing scholarship about topics long overdue, researching primary and secondary sources with energy and insight, maintaining sensitivity to race and ethnicity as well as gender, and writing with skill and deep commitment to the narratives [she] bring[s] to life.” — Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era