#WomensHistoryMonth on the air, 1940s style: Doing research into old radio dramatizations of journalists' lives, I found these biographies of fascinating women, some new to me, including (embarrassingly) Margaret Fuller, one fictional, all well-acted -- especially the Nellie Bly adventure.
(The series was self-promotion disguised as patriotic & public service by the DuPont Co., but that doesn't hurt some of the stories.)
#OldTimeRadio #JournalismHistory #MediaHistory
https://jheroes.com/real-life-reporters/cavalcade/

I just moved from mastodon.cloud to hcommons.social, so I’ll try another #introduction. I am an Assoc. Prof. of English/Latinx Studies @ Pace U in NYC. I write and teach about #LatinxStudies #litstudies #mediastudies #C19Lit #journalismhistory #Periodicals #dh #USLDH. My research centers on #c19 U.S-based Spanish-language print culture and the convergence of #lit and #MediaChange. My projects include the #digitalmapping site C19LatinoNYC.org and a book in progress called Electrifying News: A Hemispheric History of the Present in 19th-Century Print Culture.

@Bethgaskell Welcome, Beth! I feel privileged to be your first follower 😊. Say, while I’ve got you, a quick question: any plans at the BL to digitize The Echo, the first halfpenny evening paper? I’m especially eager to browse some of the estimated 1000 leading articles that Frances Power Cobbe wrote for it between 1868 and 1875, but as you know there’s much else of interest about the paper. #JournalismHistory #Victodons #BookHistory #DigitalHumanities #VictorianStudies

As an addendum to my #introducton I'm also interested all about #histadons interested in #19thCentury, #victorianists #presshistory #irishstudies #bookhistory #newspaperhistory #journalismhistory #digitalhumanities #academia #highereducaton