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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