Summary
Whether in the form of private thoughts written in a diary or in gritty reporting made at the frontlines, the historical writings of women offer perspectives on major historical events and cultures often overlooked by male historians and documentarians of the same periods. Women Journalists, Diarists, and Historians presents lively, engrossing biographies of women from around the world whose writing helped fill in the gaps of history, including Anne Frank, Harriet A. Jacobs, Nellie Bly, and Martha Gellhorn. Each entry focuses readers' attention on the women themselves and their accomplishments, linking their formative experiences with their later achievements.
About the Author(s)
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., is director of the Women's Studies Program at Idaho State University. She is the author of several books, including Of Little Comfort: War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War; Petticoats and White Feathers: Gender Conformity, Race, and the Progressive Peace Movement, and the Debate Over War, 1895–1919; and Reconstructing Patriarchy After the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations as well as numerous scholarly articles.