Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette

Writing for Their Lives

America's Pioneering Female Science Journalists

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Produktbeschreibung

"Based on extensive archival research in the voluminous Science Service records at the Smithsonian Institution, Writing for Their Lives focuses on a remarkable group of women whose contributions to science and journalism deserve greater recognition"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780262048163
• ISBN-10: 0262048167
• Artikelnr.: 67792417

Autorenporträt

Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette is an independent historian. She is also Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the author of Science on the Air and Science on American Television.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction vii
1 The Sea They Swam In 1
2 Star Power and "Popular Scintillation" 9
3 Assembling a Team: Words, Images, and Markets 21
4 On the Road and In the Field: Emma Reh 41
5 Medical Matters: Jane Stafford 55
6 Social Science and Change: Marjorie Van De Water 67
7 "We Live Only Once in this World": Reh's Second Act 81
8 Networks of Science Stringers 97
9 News from Everywhere 111
10 Allegiances, Flattery, and Pushback 123
11 Form, Substance, and Style 139
12 War Clouds and Wartime Secrecy 151
13 Split Atoms and New Horizons 163
14 The Next Acts in Their Lives 175
15 Looking in the Mirror 189
Author's Note and Acknowledgments 193
Appendix: Writers Mentioned in the Text 195
Notes 197
Index 255