Press History- Woman Suffrage Timeline

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This topic is important to explore in history to understand cultural and social construction of gender through the press. Studying press history helps us understand modern ideals of America through analyzing the representation of women during influential eras of history. The functionality of journalism in the past gives insight to how objectivity was applied to coverage and reports on suffrage events was juxtaposed for profitability.

Works Cited

Harrington-Lueker, Donna. “Finding a Market for Suffrage.” Journalism History, vol. 33, no. 3, Fall 2007, pp. 130–139. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/00947679.2007.12062737.

Kessler, Lauren. “The Ideas of Woman Suffrage and the Mainstream Press.” Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 84, no. 3, 1983, pp. 257–275. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20613919. Accessed 3 Nov. 2020.

Lumsden, Linda J. “Beauty and the Beasts: Significance of Press Coverage of the 1913 National Suffrage Parade.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 3, Sept. 2000, pp. 593–611. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/107769900007700309.

Lumsden, Linda. “`Excellent Ammunition.’.” Journalism History, vol. 25, no. 2, Summer 1999, p. 53. EBSCOhost,

Palczewski, CatherineH. “The Male Madonna and the Feminine Uncle Sam: Visual Argument, Icons, and Ideographs in 1909 Anti-Woman Suffrage Postcards.” Quarterly Journal of Speech, vol. 91, no. 4, Nov. 2005, pp. 365–394. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/00335630500488325.

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