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Profiles outstanding women in communication, including pioneers in journalism, contemporary media professionals, and scholars.

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

About the Author

NANCY SIGNORIELLI is Professor of Communication at the University of Delaware. Her primary research area focuses on television content and how media images relate to people's perceptions of social reality. She has written several books, including a Sourcebook on Children and Television (Greenwood, 1991) and Mass Media Images and Impact on Health (Greenwood, 1993).

Reviews

"This compilation of biographical profiles of 48 outstanding women in communication, from Sarah Josepha Hale in the eighteenth century to today's Ellen Goodman and Barbara Walters, focuses on journalists, contemporary media professionals, and scholars in the field of communication....The editor's introduction provides an informative pverview of the development of communication as a discipline, making this a useful resource for general users, in addition to communication specialists....[F]ills a void in providing extensive biographical information about notable contemporary women in communication not found elsewhere in one volume."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

?Entries in this well-edited monograph are very readable and consistent in their coverage of the subjects' family background, education, and career. The layout is clear and the index extensive....Recommended for undergraduate and graduate collections that emphasize communication or women's studies.?-Choice

?This compilation of biographical profiles of 48 outstanding women in communication, from Sarah Josepha Hale in the eighteenth century to today's Ellen Goodman and Barbara Walters, focuses on journalists, contemporary media professionals, and scholars in the field of communication....The editor's introduction provides an informative pverview of the development of communication as a discipline, making this a useful resource for general users, in addition to communication specialists....[F]ills a void in providing extensive biographical information about notable contemporary women in communication not found elsewhere in one volume.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

"Entries in this well-edited monograph are very readable and consistent in their coverage of the subjects' family background, education, and career. The layout is clear and the index extensive....Recommended for undergraduate and graduate collections that emphasize communication or women's studies."-Choice