At the start of World War I, war reporting remained one of the most
well-guarded, thoroughly male bastions of journalism, which
belonged to a rugged brotherhood of male adventurers. However, as
increasing numbers of men, including journalists, enlisted, female
reporters took their place and began to change the narrative. Women
were not just passive victims on the periphery of the war that
happened on the battlefields; rather, they were active
participants, fully engaged in the war, only with different
burdens, sacrifices, and heroism than men. When war broke out in
Europe in August 1914, female journalists traveled to the warring
countries, even reporting from the dangerous vantage of the front
lines, to cover the conflict from beginning to end. In addition,
they produced articles on political unrest, labor conditions, and
social change, such as food shortages, progress in women's rights,
and the rise of socialism. An Unladylike Profession: American Women
War Correspondents in World War I, by Chris Dubbs, tells the
dramatic stories of over thirty women who traveled to Europe to
write about World War I for America's newspapers and magazines. At
a time when women were still novelties in the newsroom, these
journalists defied gender norms and official restrictions to
establish a new role for themselves in reporting the greatest war
in history.
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