Seeking a Voice: Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press

by David B. Sachsman (Editor), Roy Morris (Editor), S. Kittrell Rushing (Editor)

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  2009

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  Chronicles media's role in shaping American life during the tumultuous nineteenth century by focusing specifically on the presentation of race and gender in the newspapers and magazines of the time. This book examines the ways in which American women were portrayed in the national media as they assumed a greater role in public and private life.