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abortion, 70–78, 78n, 82, 278–79
advertising of, 72, 75, 77, 78, 82
antiabortion laws, 70, 71, 74, 75–77
death of Mary Rogers and, 72–73, 74
Girl Reporter’s exposé, 1–4, 68, 68–70, 69, 78–84, 83, 278–79
Restell trial and, 73–74
African Americans
Afro-American League, 263, 265
Black-owned papers, 137, 174
Black women reporters 7, 133, 133–40, 138, 175, 213–16, 247, 250, 263–65, 264, 287, 296–97, 297n
lynching and racial violence, 132, 135–37, 172–74, 216, 247, 263, 296–97
segregation and Jim Crow laws, 132–33
See also Matthews, Victoria Earle; Wells, Ida B.
Alcott, Louisa May, 109
American Club Woman magazine, 293
American Federation of Labor, 47
American journalism, 243
activist journalism, 42, 98, 211–13, 252
barriers for women and minorities, 255
Bly’s influence on, 9, 37, 48, 62, 84, 166–67, 271, 273–74
creative nonfiction and, 269–70, 271
earnings for a staff position, 205
exposés taken over by men, 256
“Extra” editions, 203, 242
fictionalized details and, 226, 226n
“girl reporter” role, 175, 274, 278, 299
gonzo journalism, 271
immersion journalism, 7
investigative journalism, 1–4, 5, 7, 9, 27–40, 42, 56–58, 64–66, 68, 68–70, 69, 77, 78, 92, 158–62, 256, 257, 270, 271, 274, 276–77
journalism schools, 254, 255
murder mystery formula and, 73, 78
new immigrants as readers, 4, 22, 40
New Journalism, 243, 267–71
“objective journalism,” 270, 271
professionalization of, 254, 255
revolution in printing technology, 4
sensationalism and yellow journalism, 8, 67–68, 188, 203, 207–8, 207–8n, 231, 236, 239, 249–54, 250n, 262, 270, 284, 298
sob sisters, 256, 270, 294
societal change sparked by, 98
stunt reporting (see stunt reporting)
undercover reporting, 1–4, 9, 38, 44–53, 56–58, 60, 64, 64–66, 141, 158–62, 215, 254–55, 273, 274
war correspondents, 243–44, 248
women reporters, 13, 24–25, 141, 163, 178, 199, 284 (see also stunt reporting; women; specific reporters)
American Railway Union, 163–64, 165
Angelou, Maya, 269
Anthony, Susan B., 82–83, 175, 264–65
Bly interview, 185–86
Arango, Clemencia, 244–45
Around the World in 72 Days (Bly), 114
“Aurora Leigh” (Browning), 85, 153
Austin, Mary, 6, 292
Autobiography of a “Newspaper Girl” (Banks), 218, 253, 262–63, 296
Backlash (Faludi), 274
Banks, Elizabeth, “Polly Pollock,” xiii, 84–87, 112, 119, 153–63, 156, 175n, 203–5, 224, 247, 285, 295–96
Girl Reporter identity and, 286, 287
last stunt, 262–63
memoirs by, 204, 218, 253, 263, 296
New Bedford strike and, 229, 233–35, 234, 238
pet poodle, “Judge,” 153–54, 203, 203n
at the St. Paul Globe, 84, 86–87, 287
stunt reporting, England, 153–63, 154n, 157n, 204n
submarine story stunt, 209–10
working girl’s salary stunt, 216–18, 274
at the World, 208–11, 216–17
yellow journalism critique, 252–53, 284
Barbella, Maria, 189
Barnard College, 255
Barnett, Ferdinand, 174
Bauer, Shane, 276–77
Beard, Mary, 207–8n
Besant, Sir Walter, 204n Bishop, Elizabeth, 157n
Bisland, Elizabeth, 95–98, 95n, 101, 104–5, 110
Black, Orlow, 123–24, 196, 216, 291
Black, Winifred Sweet (later Bonfils), “Annie Laurie,” 88–95, 97, 98, 104, 121–24, 122n, 141, 157, 175n, 176, 195–96, 285, 290–92
ambulance corps stunt, 102–4, 121, 157
covering Galveston hurricane, 265–66
dangerous cosmetics exposé, 123, 123n
Hearst and the Journal, 177, 291, 195–96
influence on journalism, 271
marriages, 123–24, 196, 216, 256, 256n, 257, 291
San Francisco earthquake and, 290–91
at the San Francisco Examiner, 88, 93–95, 121–22, 122, 176–77
stunts, miscellaneous, 121
Thaw murder trial and, 256
Bly, Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane), xiii, 7, 9, 13–27, 18, 97, 111–12, 174, 174–75n, 198, 200, 253, 285, 297–99
all-female Cuban regiment, 197–98
anti-corruption investigations, 47–48
audacity and style of, 39–41, 185
Black (Sweet) vs., 122, 122n
career-defining trait, 26
at the Chicago Times-Herald, 169, 287
exposé of insane asylum, 5, 27, 28–37, 39, 40, 92, 157, 274
fame and, 97, 166
“The Girl Puzzle” (first column), 17
“Hangman Joe at Home,” 62–63
Hepworth interview, 25
homeless women investigation, 186–87
influence on journalism, 37, 48, 62, 84, 166–67, 271, 273–74
interviews by, 24, 63, 152, 165, 185–87
love life of, 63–64, 110–11, 171
“Mad Marriages,” 17–18, 170
marriage, 169–70, 183–85, 247, 298
messages to women, 63
Nelson’s competing with, 62, 63
New York Family Story Paper and, 114
“Our Workshop Girls” series, 18–19
persona of, 63–64, 165
as “petticoat detective,” 48
Pittsburg Dispatch and, 13, 16–19, 23, 26, 230
public perception of women and, 39
Pullman Company strike, 164–65, 230n
race around the world, 95–98, 96, 101, 104–5, 109–12, 111, 114
suffrage coverage, 185, 187
training an elephant, 187, 188
at the World, 19, 27–37, 47–48, 63, 66, 114, 152, 165–66, 183, 197–98
World War I and, 297–98, 299
Borden, Lizzie, 125–31, 132, 141, 142–46, 148n, 189
Boston Globe, 78, 126
Boston Post, 127, 167, 175, 221, 231
all-women issue, 167–68
New Bedford strike and, 229
“Post Woman,” 168, 168–69, 293
women reporters at, 167
Boynton, Robert S., 270
Bradwell, Myra, 5
Brann, W. C., 8
Brierly, Alice, 231–32
Brisbane, Arthur, 179, 180–82, 181, 189, 211, 211n, 245, 290n, 298–99
electric chair stunt and, 189–90, 190
Brontë sisters, 6
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 203
Brooklyn Times, 61–62
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 85, 153, 204
Bryan, William Jennings, 193, 204
Buffalo Courier, 72
Buffalo Daily Commercial Advertiser, 72
Buffalo Morning Express, 170
Buffalo Morning News, 54, 62
Buffalo Times, 48
Burnham, Daniel, 149
Cahoon, Haryot Holt, 284, 285
Campaigns of Curiosity (Banks), 204, 296
Campbell, Helen Stuart, 47
Campbell, W. Joseph, 250n
Capote, Truman, 267, 270
Carbonell, Carlos, 213
Carvalho, S. S., 171–72, 179, 211
Cather, Willa, 257–58
Chamberlain, S. S., 91
Chapin, Charles, 55–56, 68,
